Suicide attack against UN convoy in Afghanistan kills two
Kabul - A United Nations convoy was attacked by a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan, close to the Pakistani border, killing two Afghan employees and wounding more than a dozen people, a police official said Sunday.
The bomber, who was driving an explosive-filled vehicle, attacked the UN convoy in Spin Boldak district Sunday morning, a provincial police official told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on condition of anonymity.
The official said two Afghan doctors working with the UN were killed and at least 12 other people were injured, mostly civilian passersby.
Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousif Ahmadi, took responsibility for the attack that he said was carried out by a militant named Abdul Salam in the Zanzeer area of the district.
Ahmadi spoke with dpa via telephone from an undisclosed location.
UN spokesmen were not immediately available for comment. (dpa)
