By KUNA,
KABUL : A bomb attack on NATO convoy killed two foreign soldiers and injured another in southeastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, said a military spokesman.
Without giving more details, the spokesman said two NATO soldiers were killed and a third sustained injuries in a bomb attack in Khost province.
Police headquarters in the same province confirmed the blast and said it was carried out by a suicide bomber.
Wazir Pacha, spokesman for the Khost police headquarters, said the bomber detonated his explosives-packed car close the NATO forces’ convoy.
Afghanistan’s Khost province is joining border with the Waziristan troubled region of neighboring Pakistan.
Majority of the foreign troops operating in Khost province are Americans. They are mainly targeting the Haqqani network in Khost, where they have strong pockets of support.
The surge in Taliban insurgency is visible at a time while the new US administration is planning to send around 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
While the US government is sending troops to the landlocked country, many of its partners in the NATO alliance are still hesitant over the issue of sending more troops to curb the rising insurgency. (end) gk.hb KUNA 101454 Feb 09NNNN