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NATO Soldier Killed in Afghan Blast

   VOA News  February 18, 2011
   Afghan  policemen  inspect  a  car hit by a suicide car bomb attack in
   Khost province, February 18, 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Afghan  policemen  inspect  a  car hit by a suicide car bomb attack in
   Khost province, February 18, 2011

   NATO  says  a person wearing an Afghan army uniform has opened fire on
   NATO soldiers in northern Afghanistan, killing a service member.
   The  incident  took  place  Friday  at  a  coalition  outpost  in  the
   Pul-e-Khumri   district  of  Baghlan  province.   Officials  say  the
   coalition  soldiers  were  working  on  a vehicle when they were fired
   at.  They returned fire, critically injuring the attacker.
   NATO  did not identify the service member, but German troops are based
   in northern Afghanistan.
   In  other  violence  Friday, Afghan officials say at least nine people
   were  killed  and more than 30 wounded in a suicide car bombing in the
   eastern city of Khost.
   Authorities  say  the  attacker  targeted  a  police  station near the
   Pakistani border, killing at least two police officers and women.
   Also  on Friday, NATO says one of its service members died following a
   bomb blast in southern Afghanistan.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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