NATO condemns Norwegian peacekeeper's killing in Afghanistan

Brussels: NATO chief Jaap De Hoop Scheffer
condemned an attack on alliance peacekeepers in
Afghanistan which killed a Norwegian troop, but vowed that
NATO would not be deterred.

The alliance's secretary-general said the attack
yesterday on a convoy of International Security Assistance
Force (ISAF) troops "was an appalling act of senseless
violence".

One Norwegian soldier was killed in the rocket attack on
the convoy as it patrolled along Jalalabad road, the main
highway leading into Kabul from the east, and another
Norwegian soldier was slightly wounded, ISAF said.

Bureau Report