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Roadside bomb targets NATO forces in northern Afghan province, wounds 2 soldiers

Other News Materials 10 July 2010 11:05 (UTC +04:00)
A roadside bomb targeted NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northern Kunduz province Saturday, wounding 2 soldiers, a spokesman with the multinational peacekeeping force said.
Roadside bomb targets NATO forces in northern Afghan province, wounds 2 soldiers

A roadside bomb targeted NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northern Kunduz province Saturday, wounding 2 soldiers, a spokesman with the multinational peacekeeping force said, Xinhua reported.
  
"The incident occurred in Shahqasi village of Chardara district at 06:00 a.m. local time when the troops were on patrol as a result a military vehicle was partially damaged and two German soldiers were slightly injured," Lieutenant Colonel Webber told Xinhua.
  
He also said that the damaged military vehicle belonged to the German forces.
  
More than 4,500 German troops with majority of them stationed in northern Afghanistan have been serving within the framework of NATO-led ISAF forces to help stabilize security in the militancy- plagued country.
  
Meantime, governor of Chardara district Abdul Waheed Omarkhil in talks with Xinhua said that clash erupted between security forces and Taliban insurgents in the neighboring Yatim village since early morning.
  
On the other hand, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in talks with media via telephone from undisclosed location said that two roadside bombs organized by the militants destroyed two tanks and inflicted casualties on the NATO troops in Chardara district of Kunduz province.

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