Suicide bomber targets Afghan army convoy
A suicide car bomber attacked an Afghan army convoy in western Afghanistan today, wounding three soldiers and two civilians.
The bomber blew himself up next to a bus carrying the soldiers near the airport in the western city of Heart, said Gen. Fazludin Sayar, deputy corps commander in western Afghanistan.
Three soldiers and two civilians were wounded, Sayar said. The bomber died in the blast.
Suicide bombings have so far been rare in western Afghanistan. Militants have mostly launched their suicide attacks in the country’s South and East.
The new commander of US troops in Afghanistan yesterday warned that militants were likely to launch a greater number of suicide attacks this year.
Suicide attacks in 2006 totalled 139, up from 27 in 2005, according to the US military.
Nato has said suicide attacks last year killed 206 Afghan civilians, 54 Afghan security personnel and 18 soldiers from Nato’s International Security Assistance Force.
