6 NATO Soldiers and Other 20 Afghan Civilians Killed in a Suicide attack in Afghanistan

by shinwari | November 13, 2008 at 08:23 am
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At least six NATO soldiers were killed in the suicide attack carried out by a suicide bomber at Batikot district of Nangrahar province,some twenty kilometer from Torkham border and twenty people were shot dead and a dozen others wounded in the firing of Nato forces,after the suicide attack they oppened on public near-by,as earlier suicide bomber blown him self up near the convoy of US-led forces at Batikot in Ningrahar province of Afghanistan on Thursday.One Nato armor vehicle distroyed and an other received damages in the suicide atrack.sources confirmed.However,The death toll of Nato forces could not be ascertained because Afghan officials and Nato officials were tightly lipped up to comment.Sources added.An eye witness confirmed six deaths of the US soldiers in the suicide attack as they were crewed the vehicle.Soon after the incident,Afghan and NATO contengents reached the spot and cordened off the area.US soldiers then statred
body-search of the people in the local busy bazaar of Bati Kot.It merits to be mentioned here that several suicide attacks have carried out on NATO and US Forces convoys on the same spot in the current year, resulting double figures US and civilian casualties.

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