Kabul: Separate bomb attacks killed five
Afghan civilians, including four children, and a NATO soldier
in troubled parts of Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said.
The soldier, whose nationality was not released, was
killed when a makeshift bomb exploded in southern Afghanistan,
NATO's International Security assistance Force (ISAF) said.
The latest fatality brought to 121 the number of foreign
troops to die in Afghanistan so far this year and underscored
the increasingly deadly nature of the conflict for the more
than 120,000 US-led and NATO forces in the country.
Last year, 77 foreign soldiers died in the first three
months of 2009 in Afghanistan, according to the independent
casualties.org website that tracks military deaths.
Four children and another civilian were killed in a
separate bomb blast near a NATO-run outpost in Kapisa
province, northeast of capital Kabul today, a military
official said.
The bomb, similar to those used by Taliban militants in
their attacks on military targets, exploded near a security
post run by French troops.
The incident occurred two kilometres north of Tagab,
close to the main NATO-run Bagram Air Field, which has been
troubled by attacks blamed on the Taliban and other
insurgents.
"The explosion killed five civilians, including four
children, and injured three children," NATO said in a
statement, blaming insurgents.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 20:59