KABUL – Eight NATO troops wounded in a suicide attack on foreign forces’convoy in southern Kandahar province on Monday.
A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told PajhwokAfghan News the explosion took place in the Abdullah Karezlink> area of Daman district at 12:30pm.
He said six Romanian troops were wounded in the bombing, which left11civilians dead. Nine others including two policemen were injured in thebombing.
The NATO link>’s Resolute Support (RS) said itseight service members were wounded in the vehicle-borne improvisedexplosion in a populated area in Daman district.
Several Afghan uniform police and Afghan civilians, including an apparentgroup of children, were either killed or wounded in the blast, the RSmission said in a statement.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with those wounded, and with the innocentAfghans whose lives were needlessly taken from them by the enemies ofAfghanistan link>,” said Gen. JohnNicholson, Resolute Support commander.
“In their spring offensive announcement, the Talibanlink> claimed they would pay specialattention to protecting the lives and properties of the Afghan people;however, their hypocrisy was on full display today as they viciously killedAfghan citizens, including children who were Madrassalink> students.”
The wounded service members, who are all in stable condition, were taken toKandahar Airfield’s hospital for treatment.
“If the enemies of Afghanistan think their cowardly actions will deter thecommitment of the brave Afghan forces and our Resolute Support advisors, orthe call by the Afghan people for peace, they are sorely mistaken,” saidNicholson.
The Romanian Defense Ministry confirmed its eight soldiers were injuredduring a mission in Afghanistan The soldiers were transported to a hospitalin Kandahar and they are out of danger, said the source.