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2 NATO troops hurt in blast by Taliban
 A roadside blast wounded two NATO peacekeepers in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, police said, and a Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the explosion in an area in which they do not normally operate. "An ISAF vehicle travelling in a convoy was damaged by some sort of explosion," said a spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Two members of the force were lightly injured, she said. She declined to give their nationalities but the chief of police in Baghlan province, 160 kilometres north of Kabul, said the two were from a Dutch unit based there. Taliban insurgents do not normally operate in Baghlan. The cause of the roadside blast was being investigated, the spokeswoman said. Posted by: Fred 2005-05-27 |
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