29 January 2004	Thursday	06 Zilhaj 1424

KABUL, Jan 28: A British soldier died and three were wounded on Wednesday when a suspected suicide bomber drove a taxi carrying explosives up to their vehicle in Kabul, the second attack on peacekeepers in the Afghan capital in as many days.

A member of the Taliban militia claimed responsibility for the attack on peacekeepers of the Nato-led force that came a day after a Canadian soldier and an Afghan civilian were killed in a suicide attack in the city.

"We heard a powerful explosion. When we got out we saw a destroyed British vehicle...along with a taxi," said police official Mirza Mohammad. "We carried one dead British soldier along with three other wounded British soldiers and one of their translators."

Nimatullah Jalili, a senior interior ministry official, said one Afghan civilian also died in the attack and a civilian was wounded. A taxi thought to have been carrying the bomb was completely destroyed and pieces of human flesh, believed to be that of the suicide bomber driving the vehicle, could be seen.-AFP