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| Kabul Suicide Bomber Wounds Six |
| 2010-01-28 |
| [Quqnoos] A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of US military vehicles in Kabul on Tuesday, wounding six Afghan civilians. The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said there had been an explosion outside the main gate of Camp Phoenix, a US base, and that initial reports suggested it had been caused by a car bomb. The bombing comes a week after a seven suicide bombers stormed key government buildings in Kabul, killing at least five and wounding nearly 70 others. Tuesday attack took place two days ahead of an international conference on Afghanistan in London, where Afghan President Karzai is expected to unveil a reintegration plan with the Taliban. Insurgents have staged repeated suicide bombings in the Afghan capital in recent months, sometimes targeting Nato convoys. Six Italian soldiers were killed in September when a suicide car bomber rammed their convoy in Kabul. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of the Nato-led force, told the Financial Times the Taliban would seek to step up suicide bombings and other attacks to undermine support for the US surge strategy. |
| Posted by:Fred |