KANDAHAR, Oct 5: A suicide attacker tried to ram a car bomb into a convoy of Afghan and foreign troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing himself and a 10-year-old boy and wounding one Canadian soldier, officials said.

The attack took place near a base of Canadian troops on the road leading to the airport from the southern city of Kandahar.

Kandahar police official Janan Khan said the attacker tried to ram the convoy, but the car bomb exploded prematurely, killing him and a ten-year-old boy and wounding a man.

A Canadian soldier suffered minor burns, said Col Jim Yonts, a spokesman for the US-led military force in Afghanistan. Canadian media however quoted a Canadian military spokesman as saying three Canadian soldiers suffered minor injuries.—Reuters