August 4, 2002	Sunday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 24,1423

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KABUL, Aug 3: A grenade exploded in the grounds of a United Nations compound in southern Afghanistan in the first attack against UN staff since the world body resumed its operations in the country late last year, a spokesman said on Saturday.

No one was injured in the attack on Thursday at the local headquarters of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation in Kandahar city, David Singh said.

“A grenade was lobbed over the wall into the grounds of the FAO building in Kandahar,” Singh said.

“The grenade landed on the lawn and the force of the explosion broke a few windows. No one was injured.

“It would be the first attack in Afghanistan since we came back.”

The two suspected attackers first made off on a motorbike which they were forced to abandon and then escaped into a field where pursuing security officials lost track of them.b —AFP