Sunday, November 9, 2008

Taliban attack kills Spanish troops


Al-Jazeera

"At least two Spanish soldiers have been killed and three others injured after a suicide attacker crashed an explosive-laden vehicle into their convoy, an ISAF spokesperson said.

The Taliban claimed it carried out the attack on Sunday in the town of Azizabad in northwestern Herat province.

"Two Spanish soldiers were killed and another was critically wounded in an attack south of Herat," a Spanish defence ministry spokesman said.

General Ikramudin Yawar, an Afghan police commander, said the troops were attacked in the Shindand district as they were travelling in a convoy with Afghan soldiers....."

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