French soldier dies in attack in Kabul: police

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Source: Reuters

French soldier dies in attack in Kabul: police
Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:41am EDT

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy
carrying NATO troops on Friday in the Afghan capital, killing
one French soldier of the alliance and wounding several
Afghan civilians, police said.

The attack in the western outskirts of Kabul city came hours
after some 40 militants were killed in Garmsir district of
southern Helmand province in an operation by Afghan
government and U.S.-led troops, according to the U.S.
military.

It said there were no casualties amongst civilians in Garmsir.

In Kabul, senior police official Ali Shah Paktiawal said of
the convoy blast: "It was a suicide car attack against
NATO, and one of its French soldiers has been killed."

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Source: Associated Press

82 Killed in Afghanistan Violence

Friday September 21, 2007 10:01 AM

By AMIR SHAH

Associated Press Writer

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb attack Friday
against a convoy of French troops killed one soldier
and injured many Afghans near the blast, while
heavy fighting in southern Afghanistan killed
about 75 Taliban fighters and six civilians, officials
said.

The attack in western Kabul blew the windows out
of a civilian bus and set at least one vehicle on fire.
At least six civilians were in serious condition, and
many others had lesser injuries, said Zormai Rasa,
the local police chief.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force
confirmed that one French soldier was killed in the
blast, but a spokesman said he had no other
information.

Heavy fighting in the south, meanwhile, killed around
75 Taliban militants during the last 48 hours, the
U.S.-led coalition said. Six civilians were also killed
after Taliban fighters sought shelter in their homes,
which were then targeted by airstrikes, an Afghan
official said.

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