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Suicide bomber hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan; 2 contractors killed
Source: Los Angeles Times
Suicide bomber hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan; 2 contractors killed
By Hashmat Baktash
February 10, 2014, 9:54 a.m.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two civilians working for the U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan were killed Monday in a suicide car bomb attack on a NATO convoy in eastern Kabul, officials said.
An official at Pul-e-Charkhi prison, near the site of the blast, said the victims were American security advisors who work on a State Department-funded program to bolster the Afghan corrections system.
The advisors had just left the prison when their convoy was attacked, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials issued a statement describing the victims as contractors, but didn’t immediately confirm their nationalities.
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By Hashmat Baktash
February 10, 2014, 9:54 a.m.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two civilians working for the U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan were killed Monday in a suicide car bomb attack on a NATO convoy in eastern Kabul, officials said.
An official at Pul-e-Charkhi prison, near the site of the blast, said the victims were American security advisors who work on a State Department-funded program to bolster the Afghan corrections system.
The advisors had just left the prison when their convoy was attacked, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials issued a statement describing the victims as contractors, but didn’t immediately confirm their nationalities.
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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-afghanistan-nato-suicide-car-bombing-20140210,0,307863.story
