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Four foreign soldiers with Nato-led forces have been killed in a bomb blast in the northern Afghan town of Kunduz, Nato and Afghan officials have said. | Four foreign soldiers with Nato-led forces have been killed in a bomb blast in the northern Afghan town of Kunduz, Nato and Afghan officials have said. |
Local Afghan officials said the four victims were American nationals but this was not immediately confirmed by the US military. | Local Afghan officials said the four victims were American nationals but this was not immediately confirmed by the US military. |
Earlier, at least two people were killed in a suicide bombing near a Nato base in southern Afghanistan. | Earlier, at least two people were killed in a suicide bombing near a Nato base in southern Afghanistan. |
The attacker blew up his vehicle at a checkpoint outside Kandahar airfield. | |
'US convoy' | 'US convoy' |
The four Nato soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Kunduz, alliance officials said. | The four Nato soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Kunduz, alliance officials said. |
They gave no further details about the explosion, nor was there any word from them about the nationality of the victims. | They gave no further details about the explosion, nor was there any word from them about the nationality of the victims. |
But Afghan officials in Kunduz said the attack targeted a convoy of US soldiers. | But Afghan officials in Kunduz said the attack targeted a convoy of US soldiers. |
They said two Afghan civilians were also killed. | |
In the earlier suicide bombing Kandahar, at least two people were killed and many others wounded. | |
The attacker blew up his minivan near Kandahar airfield - a major Nato base in the region. No foreign soldiers are reported to have been injured in the attack. | |
Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi says the group was responsible for the attack, the AFP news agency reports. | |
The attack came as thousands of US and UK forces continued with a major offensive against the Taliban in the south. |