Suicide bomber kills five civilians, one soldier in Afghanistan

by Barry Artiste | June 20, 2008 at 05:10 am

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Suicide Bombers strike again taking two children with them among the five dead and one soldier. No easy answers short of banning all civilians from roads where NATO vehicles pass by.

Suicide bomber kills five civilians, one soldier in Afghanistan

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Officials say a suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy as it passed through a town in southern Afghanistan Friday, killing five civilians and one soldier from the U.S.-led coalition.

Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the police chief of Helmand province, said the bomber struck as the convoy was passing through a market area in the town of Gereshk on Friday morning.

Andiwal initially said 10 civilians had been killed, but later said that city officials on the scene had given him mistaken information.

He said the five civilian victims included two children.

Four more civilians were wounded, he said.

Lt. Col. Paul Fanning, a spokesman for the U.S.-led force in Afghanistan, said one of its troops also was killed but declined to release the victim's nationality.