ஆப்கானிஸ்தானத்தில் இரண்டு தாலிபான் பயங்கரவாதிகள் செய்த தற்கொலை குண்டுதாரி தாக்குதலில் 5 ஆப்கானிய சிறுவர்கள் மரணமடைந்தனர். இரண்டு நாடோ போர்வீரர்கள் காயமடைந்தனர்
Two suicide blasts in Afghanistan, five boys killed Fri Jun 15, 6:20 AM ET
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - Two suicide attackers blew themselves up near NATO convoys in southern Afghanistan Friday, one of them killing five children and wounding two foreign soldiers, Afghan officials said.
NATO's International Security Assistance Force said it was aware of an incident in the south of the country involving ISAF casualties but had no details.
The five children, all boys aged about 12, were killed in the blast that ripped through a residential area in the town of Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province, a deputy provincial governor said.
"A suicide attacker detonated explosives in his vehicle close to a NATO convoy in Tirin Kot, killing five children nearby and wounding three elderly civilians," deputy provincial governor Mohammad Nabi told AFP.
"Two NATO soldiers were also wounded in the blast," he said.
Another suicide bomber struck hours later in the city of Kandahar, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) away, police said.
"Five civilians were wounded in a suicide attack on a NATO convoy," Kandahar province police chief Ismatullah Alizay told AFP. "I have no information on the possible casualties on the NATO side," he said.
Southern Afghanistan has been hard hit by a fierce Taliban-led insurgency. Attacks are mainly targeted at Afghan and foreign forces but kill and maim more civilians.
The insurgency, launched after the Taliban regime was toppled in a US-led offensive in late 2001, has claimed thousands of lives so far.
The US-led coalition, which works alongside ISAF and Afghan forces, announced meanwhile that one of its soldiers died from a combat wound after a clash in the eastern province of Paktika on Friday.
The death took to 82 the number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year, most of them in combat.
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