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Seven NATO soldiers injured in Kandahar

By KUNA

Kabul : Seven soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were injured in roadside bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Friday.

The blast happened in Panjwayee district of Kandahar, a police officer told KUNA. However, NATO officials in Kabul said they did not know about the explosions and injuries to the soldiers.

Afghanistan’s Kandahar province is the former stronghold of Taliban militants. Mostly Canadian troops are stationed in the province as part of the NATO’s peacekeeping and counter-insurgency operations there.