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Three civilians killed in suicide attack on troops in Afghanistan
Aug 5, 2007, 12:35 GMT
Kabul - Three Afghan civilians were killed in a suicide attack on troops from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghanistan, ISAF reported Sunday.
The suicide bomber died when he blew himself up Saturday near a convoy from the NATO-led force, initially injuring five civilians. Three of them died later of their injuries.
No soldiers were injured in the attack. One ISAF vehicle was set on fire.
ISAF did not give details of the nationalities of the soldiers or the exact location of the attack.
Primarily British, Canadian, US and Dutch soldiers are located in southern Afghanistan.
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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