2 Spanish soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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Source: CNN

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden van into a Spanish military convoy in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing two Spanish soldiers and wounding several others, Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon said.

Four people were wounded, one of them seriously, CNN partner station CNN+ reported, citing Defense Ministry sources.

The victims died instantly in the explosion, and the wounded were initially taken to Spain's nearby base at Herat in western Afghanistan, Chacon said in a televised address.

Spain has about 800 troops in Afghanistan, with the bulk stationed at Herat, as part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Spanish officials have recently told CNN.



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