Pakistani killed in Kandahar blast

Published September 18, 2006

KANDAHAR, Sept 17: A Taliban suicide bomber exploded a bomb-filled car near a convoy of Canadian troops in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing a Pakistani national and wounding 11 other people.

Among the wounded were three soldiers with the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force personnel who were ‘very slightly’ hurt when the blast struck a vehicle in the southern city of Kandahar, the alliance said.

The interior ministry in the capital Kabul said a Pakistani civilian worker was killed and a second Pakistani was hurt in the blast.

Seven Afghans were wounded, the ministry said.—AFP

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