KHOST, Afghanistan -Six suspected rebels were killed in eastern Afghanistan when they were escorting a suicide bomber whose explosives detonated early, a provincial governor said Tuesday. | I do believe that's a new world record |
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This year has also seen some of the most powerful blasts, with one in the southern town of Lashkar Gah on Tuesday killing 18 people, most of them civilians. But many of the attacks are also botched.
In the eastern province of Khost on Tuesday, a convoy of US-led coalition troops narrowly escaped a suicide blast when the would-be bomber exploded before reaching his target, the coalition and police said. A man wearing a bomb-loaded vest tried to attack the convoy but his explosives detonated early, a coalition spokesman said.
Khost province police chief Mohammad Ayoob confirmed the incident but said the man was shot dead by troops as he attempted to launch himself at the convoy.
The police chief added a second man who was believed to be the bomber’s companion also exploded just a few metres (yards) from the convoy. “We believe they were two individuals trying to attack the convoy,” he told AFP. “The second man exploded or exploded his bombs as the first one was shot,” he said.
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