December 17, 2017 6:56 PM

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Car bomb hits NATO convoy in Kandahar, one killed

An Afghan woman was killed and four civilians wounded when a suicide car bomb struck a NATO-led coalition forces' convoy in Kandahar city today. An official said the blast occurred around 2 p.m. local time in Police District 5 of Kandahar city, capital of southern province of Kandahar, along a road which connects the city to the international airport. The official, who did not want to be named, told Xinhua news agency that no foreigner from the convoy was hurt as they were sitting in bomb proof vehicles. Several vehicles and nearby houses were also damaged by the blast, he said. The whole place has now been sealed off, and no one knows what happened to residents near the blast site, witness Ahmad told Xinhua.<br/>No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Taliban insurgent group routinely claims responsibility for such attacks.

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