Roadside Bomb Kills 10 in Southern Afghanistan
VOA News May 24, 2011
Afghan officials say a roadside bomb struck a truck carrying road workers in southern Afghanistan Tuesday, killing at least 10 people.
More than 28 others were wounded in Tuesday's blast in Kandahar province.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
President Hamid Karzai and NATO condemned the attack.
Also Tuesday, police in Kabul say a suicide car bomber tried to attack the deputy head of Afghanistan's intelligence agency, Ahmad Zia. Officials said the attacker was shot before he could detonate his explosives-laden vehicle. Zia escaped unharmed.
And in northern Afghanistan, police say a roadside bomb killed four children Tuesday in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
The Afghan Taliban recently stepped up attacks against NATO and Afghan troops, civilians and government officials, as part of its spring offensive.
British defense officials say a roadside bomb killed one of its soldiers while on patrol in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of southern Helmand province on Monday.
Elsewhere in Helmand, NATO on Tuesday confirmed the capture of a senior Taliban leader during a May 14 security operation in the Babaji district.
The coalition also said Tuesday that a joint force captured a Germany-based Moroccan al-Qaida operative during a May 8 security operation in southern Zabul province.
Separately, French military officials say a French fighter jet crashed in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, but no one on board was injured. Officials say enemy fire did not cause the crash.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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