 At least seven citizens were injured when a suicide bomber hurled himself at a Canadian military convoy in southern Afghanistan early Thursday morning. Only the bomber was killed in the bungled attack, Afghan officials said. The Canadian soldiers, leading the provincial reconstruction team (PRT) in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, did not issue any comment. The fresh suicide attack was carried out less than 24 hours after claims by the US military of killing 32 Taliban in an offensive operation in the neighbouring Helmand province. One US and one Canadian soldier were also killed in the counter-offensive that was started on Tuesday and lasted till Wednesday afternoon. Rahmatullah Raufi, a senior Afghan military commander, told journalists it was a failed attempt by a militant riding in an explosive-packed car. He said the bomber himself was killed while seven passers-by suffered injuries. The Canadian convoy remained safe in the attack, he added. |