[Quqnoos] At least 4 NATO and two Afghan troops were killed Monday in a roadside bomb in Kunduz province, officials saidA roadside bomb struck a vehicle of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Khan Abad district of the relatively stable Kunduz province, provincial police chief said. Two local children are reportedly wounded in the powerful blast that hit a joint ISAF-Afghan convoy, patrolling the district, about 25 km east of the provincial capital.
A purported Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, in a phone interview from an undisclosed location, claimed responsibility for the bomb attack that according to him, 5 German troops were killed and two others were harmed.
Kunduz Police Chief, Brig Gen Abdul Razaq Yaqubi, said the blast took place in Char Toot village of Khan Abad, where presence of insurgents has been recently reported. The nationality of the foreign troops is not confirmed yet but a large number of German troops are leading ISAF's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the northern Afghan province. A spokesman for the provincial government, Mahbubullah Sayedi said the four foreign victims were US trainers.