Tuesday's attack on Canadian military convoy, shows burning vehicles

(4 Oct 2006) 1. Wide shot of soldiers around burning Canadian army vehicle 2. Vehicle on fire 3. Afghan security forces arriving at the scene, smoke rising from vehicle in background 4. Canadian soldiers standing around army vehicles 5. Various of fire truck arriving 6. Firemen putting out flames, minor explosion going off from vehicle 7. SOUNDBITE: (Pashtu) Aminullah Khan, eyewitness: "A suicide bomber who was riding a motorbike blew himself up near the convoy of foreign forces. I don't know about the causalities, but we can see one of their vehicles is still on fire." 8. Firemen putting out flames 9. Wide shot of Canadian convoy and smoke rising from vehicle STORYLINE: A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a Canadian military convoy in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday, but no troops were injured, a spokesman for the NATO-led force said. Aminullah Khan witnessed the attack. "A suicide bomber who was riding a motorbike blew himself up near the convoy of foreign forces. I don't know about the causalities, but we can see one of their vehicles is still on fire," he said. Fire fighters could be seen dousing the flames with water, as the remainder of the military convoy looked on. Unexpected resurgence of the Taliban has triggered an escalation of violence in southern Afghanistan over the past few months. NATO troops that took command of the southern provinces two months ago have been struggling to stem the violence. Keyword-military Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...