Two children killed in suicide attack on aid group
19/10/2006 - 09:56:58A suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan killed two children and wounded seven civilians and a small number of British soldiers in an attack today on a British aid group.
Nato’s International Security Assistance Force said the attack in the town of Lashkar Gah in Helmand province wounded “a small number” of British soldiers.
Squadron Leader Jason Chalk, an ISAF spokesman, said he had no reports o British fatalities.
Ghulam Muhiddin, the spokesman for Helmand’s governor, said the attacker targeted the vehicle of a British aid organisation.
Chalk said he didn’t have any immediate information on what type of vehicle was attacked.
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