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Afghan Official: Bomb Targeting NATO Tanks Kills 2 Civilians

by AFP

   KABUL --

   An Afghan official says a suicide car bombing that targeted a NATO
   convoy has killed two civilians in eastern Logar province.
   Shah Poor Ahmadzai, spokesman for the province's police chief, said the
   bomb attack in the provincial capital Monday evening killed a woman and
   a child and wounded three other women.
   Ahmadzai said the NATO armored tanks were damaged in the blast.
   Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban, claimed responsibility
   for the attack in a phone interview with AP and said five U.S. soldiers
   were killed.
   The police spokesman, however, said there were no casualties in the
   NATO convoy.