• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Blast hits military convoy close to Kabul airport

Mon Dec 3, 2007 11:55pm EST
KABUL, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a car into a convoy of foreign forces on Tuesday close to the airport for the Afghan capital, but there was no immediate comment on any casualties among the troops.

Several Afghan civilians were wounded in the attack which happened during the rush hour on a road just outside the international airport, a senior city police official said.

A spokesman for NATO confirmed a foreign military convoy was hit, but he did not know if it belonged to the alliance or to the U.S. military. (Reporting by Hamid Shalizi, editing by Sayed Salahuddin and Jerry Norton)



More from Reuters

Photo

RIM profit, outlook top forecasts; shares surge

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research In Motion posted a big jump in profit and issued an even stronger outlook on Thursday, as sturdy demand from holiday shoppers helped the BlackBerry maker fend off the competition.

» More Top News
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young
Analysis:

Would you give him a B+ too?

"I told Michelle when we got here that in six months my poll numbers will start crashing," says President Obama. He's not worried -- yet.  Full Article 

Barack Obama
A U.S. Army soldier from Task Force Denali Platoon 1-40 CAV fire a 60mm mortar towards the mountain while Afghan army soldiers cover their ears during a patrol at Nadir-Chawcod district in Khowst province December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Bernd Debusmann:

Burning borrowed money

The Pentagon burns through $5 million in borrowed money every hour in Afghanistan and the amount is expected to more than double once additional troops are deployed.   Commentary 

Afghanistan