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NATO convoy hit with a suicide attack in Afghanistan

NATO convoy hit with a suicide attack in Afghanistan

KABUL – An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing that targeted a NATOconvoy has killed two civilians in eastern Logar province.

Shah Poor Ahmadzai, spokesman for the province’s police chief, said thebomb attack in the provincial capital Monday evening killed a woman and achild and wounded three other women.

Ahmadzai said the NATO armored tanks were damaged in the blast.

Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban, claimed responsibility forthe attack in a phone interview with AP and said five U.S. soldiers werekilled.

The police spokesman, however, said there were no casualties in the NATOconvoy.