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Afghan suicide blast kills seven | Afghan suicide blast kills seven |
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A suicide bomber has struck a patrol from the Nato-led force in northern Afghanistan, killing at least two soldiers and five children, Nato says. | |
Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) did not reveal the soldiers' nationality. | |
Earlier a female foreign aid worker was shot dead in the capital, Kabul. | |
Meanwhile, Isaf has acknowledged that civilians may have been killed in an air strike it says targeted insurgents last week in southern Helmand province. | |
'Germans' | |
The governor of Kunduz province, Mohammad Omar, said the Isaf soldiers killed were German. | |
Another soldier and one civilian were wounded in the attack in Chahar Dara district. | |
It is Isaf policy to withhold the nationality of casualties until their home countries can be notified. | It is Isaf policy to withhold the nationality of casualties until their home countries can be notified. |
Germany has about 3,000 soldiers in northern Afghanistan, many of them in Kunduz. | Germany has about 3,000 soldiers in northern Afghanistan, many of them in Kunduz. |
Air strike | |
Villagers in Nad Ali in Helmand province said 27 civilians were killed in last week's air strike. | |
Isaf said a joint investigation with the Afghan authorities had concluded that any such deaths were caused by the insurgents "placing innocent civilians in harms way". | |
It said the attack had been conducted in accordance with Afghan National Security Force and Isaf rules of engagement. |
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