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International soldier killed in Kabul blast
Kabul (AFP) Aug 3, 2008 A bomb struck a convoy of the US-led military coalition on the outskirts of Kabul on Sunday, killing one soldier and wounding another, the force said. Afghan police said the bomb was planted on a dirt road and appeared to have been remotely detonated. "A coalition service member was killed and another wounded when their convoy struck an IED (improvised explosive device) this morning in Kabul," the coalition said in a statement. It did not release the nationalities of the soldiers. Most troops in the coalition are from the United States, which has about 32,000 soldiers in Afghanistan to help fight extremist militants, mainly Taliban. The international forces in the war-wracked country have lost 150 soldiers in Afghanistan this year, most of them in combat. Six were killed Friday in bombings in the east of the country, where most foreign troops are Americans. The interior ministry said the bomb hit the vehicle as it was travelling on the southeastern outskirts of the city. "One soldier is killed and one soldier is injured," spokesman Zemarai Bashary told AFP. There were no civilian casualties. A police officer from the district said the device appeared to have been remotely detonated. Improvised bombs are the weapons of choice for Taliban-led insurgents who are waging an insurgency to topple the US-backed government of President Hamid Karzai and oust tens of thousands of international forces based here. Kabul has suffered many Taliban attacks but a majority of insurgent violence is in the country's south and east, where the rebels are most active. More than 60 people were killed and scores were injured in a suicide car bombing on the Indian embassy in Kabul on July 7. Karzai and India accused Pakistan's spy agency of involvement, which Islamabad has denied. In the most recent attack in the city, a suicide bomber blew himself up near the ancient Babur's Gardens on July 22, wounding five civilians. The interior ministry said the assailant had intended to attack a major demonstration in the city that day, but he turned back when he was spotted at a security checkpoint. Related Links News From Across The Stans
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