Suicide bomber targets NATO convoy, 7 civilians wounded
(11 Apr 2007) 1. Wide of cars passing by on road near blast area 2. People by wreckage of car 3. Close-up of destroyed car 4. Wide of destroyed water tanker 5. Armed men holding up debris 6. Canadian convoy passing by 7. Canadian soldiers by armoured vehicles 8. Canadian soldiers by tank 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Canadian military spokesman, no name given: "What we had here was a suicide attack on a Canadian convoy, there were civilian casualties, I don't know exactly how many." 10. Afghan children watching Canadian soldier A suicide car bomber targeted a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) convoy in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, wounding seven civilians, officials said. No NATO troops were injured in the suicide blast west of Kandahar city and one vehicle in the convoy was damaged, said Canadian military. "What we had here was a suicide attack on a Canadian convoy, there were civilian casualties, I don't know exactly how many," said a Canadian military spokesman on the scene. Kandahar police said that seven civilian bystanders were wounded in the blast. The latest violence comes as NATO and Afghan troops are pushing on with their largest-ever anti-Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, Operation Achilles, launched last month to flush out Taliban militants from the northern tip of Helmand province. 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...
