 Two suicide bombers attacked a U.S. military convoy Wednesday in southern Afghanistan, killing only themselves while soldiers escaped unhurt, police said. Three men were involved in planning the suicide attack, although only two were inside the car that blew up near the American convoy, Zabul provincial police chief Noor Mohammed Paktin said. He said police were searching for the third man, an Afghan.
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The attack happened just outside the provincial capital of Qalat. No civilians or coalition soldiers were wounded, said Ali Khail, spokesman for the governor. A purported Taliban commander, Mullah Masum, telephoned The Associated Press to claim responsibility, but mentioned only one attacker. Masum identified him as a Taliban fighter named Mullah Abdul Shakoor from Khost, south of the Afghan capital of Kabul. His claim could not immediately be verified. He warned Afghans to stay away from coalition forces if they didn't want to be hurt. "We will pursue suicide attacks against coalition forces," he said. |