August 2, 2017 4:47 PM

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Taliban attacks convoy of foreign forces in Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber on Wednesday rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into a convoy of foreign forces in Afghanistan's restive southern province of Kandahar causing casualties . <br/><br/>Officials said, at around noon a car bomb targeted a convoy of foreign forces in Daman area of Kandahar. NATO confirmed in a statement that a convoy was attacked and did cause casualties but did not immediately give further details. At least one witness reported seeing three bodies pulled from one of vehicles.<br/><br/>The Taliban, who have a heavy presence in poppy-growing Kandahar province and have launched repeated attacks there, quickly claimed the attack.<br/><br/>The assault is the latest blow to NATO forces, who ended their more than a decade-long combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of 2014.

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