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Kabul Suicide Bomber Kills 4 in Attack on Military Convoy

by VOA News

   A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed at least four people Thursday
   night in an attack on a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul.

   Adding to initial reports that three Afghan civilians were killed, U.S.
   officials said one soldier from NATO's Resolute Support mission was
   among the dead

   The convoy that came under attack was made up of both Afghan and NATO
   troops. The military statement indicated the assailant detonated a
   suicide vest he was wearing.

   Five NATO troops and one Afghan interpreter were wounded by the
   explosion and were taken to the U.S. military hospital at Bagram
   Airfield, outside the Afghan capital, where they were reported in
   stable condition.

   None of the victims of Thursday's incident were identified. Just one
   day earlier, two U.S. soldiers were killed and four were wounded when
   their NATO convoy was attacked in Afghanistan's troubled Kandahar
   province.

   Ayaz Gul in Islamabad, Carla Babb at the Pentagon contributed to this
   report.