Suicide attack in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - January 3, 2008 The convoy had been traveling on a main road toward the city of
Khash Rod in Nimroz province when it was hit by a remote-controlled
bomb that was planted on a motorcycle, wounding one policeman, said
Nimroz Gov. Ghulam Dastagir Azad.
The convoy stopped after the first explosion, and a suicide
bomber set off a second attack, killing six policemen and an Indian
worker, Azad said. Ten policemen and two Indian workers were
wounded.
Insurgency-related violence in the first three days of 2008 has
left at least 42 people dead in Afghanistan, including those killed
in Thursday's suicide attack.
Afghanistan saw a record level of violence in 2007, with more
than 6,500 people killed, according to an Associated Press count
based on figures from Western and Afghan officials.
