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| Bomber strikes Afghan Nato convoy | Bomber strikes Afghan Nato convoy |
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| A suicide bomber has struck a convoy of foreign troops travelling on a road outside the Afghan city of Kandahar. | A suicide bomber has struck a convoy of foreign troops travelling on a road outside the Afghan city of Kandahar. |
| Two Nato soldiers were slightly injured in the attack, which took place along a main road leading to a Nato base. | Two Nato soldiers were slightly injured in the attack, which took place along a main road leading to a Nato base. |
| There were no reports of civilian casualties caused by the explosion, which happened near a small market. | There were no reports of civilian casualties caused by the explosion, which happened near a small market. |
| Nato forces, made up of 31,000 international troops, are facing increasingly stiff resistance from Taleban fighters in the south and east. | Nato forces, made up of 31,000 international troops, are facing increasingly stiff resistance from Taleban fighters in the south and east. |
| Nato has not yet provided details of the nationality of the troops injured in the attack. | Nato has not yet provided details of the nationality of the troops injured in the attack. |
| Canadian soldiers make up the bulk of the deployment in that area. | Canadian soldiers make up the bulk of the deployment in that area. |
| Both injured soldiers were flown away from the scene of the blast by helicopter soon after the attack. | Both injured soldiers were flown away from the scene of the blast by helicopter soon after the attack. |
| The blast is the latest in a wave of attacks targeting Nato and foreign forces. | The blast is the latest in a wave of attacks targeting Nato and foreign forces. |
| On Tuesday, three Nato soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their convoy in Nuristan, in the east of the country. | On Tuesday, three Nato soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their convoy in Nuristan, in the east of the country. |
| The alliance's top commander in Afghanistan, Gen David Richards, told the Financial Times newspaper that he did not have enough forces to defeat the Taleban within six months. | |
| However he added that he had enough troops to make "sufficient improvements" to keep Afghans confident in the government and international troops. |