Three NATO soldiers among 20 dead in Afghan suicide bombing
- 12 years ago
A suicide bomber kills at least 16 civilians, three foreign soldiers, and an interpreter in an attack at a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's city of Khost.
Khost is the provincial capital in the volatile eastern region bordering Pakistan. It is an operations base for the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, which the U.S. says has been behind a string of bombings in Kabul.
At least 30 people were wounded in the attack, including children.
Afghanistan is in the third phase of a five-stage transition in which the centers of provincial capitals, including in the violence-plagued south and east, will be handed-over to Afghan forces before the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops in 2014.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
Khost is the provincial capital in the volatile eastern region bordering Pakistan. It is an operations base for the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, which the U.S. says has been behind a string of bombings in Kabul.
At least 30 people were wounded in the attack, including children.
Afghanistan is in the third phase of a five-stage transition in which the centers of provincial capitals, including in the violence-plagued south and east, will be handed-over to Afghan forces before the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops in 2014.
Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters