Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least 10 people died in three separate attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday, including an service member for NATO's International Security Assistance Force, according to Afghan government and ISAF officials.
Two Americans were among those wounded in an attack, an Afghan official said.
A roadside bomb killed nine Afghan civilians and wounded five more in the Paghman district, west of Kabul, according to a statement from Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office.
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Karzai condemned the "terrorists" for the killings "during the holy month of Ramadan."
In a separate incident in eastern Afghanistan, an ISAF service member died from "direct fire" during an insurgent attack, ISAF said.
In a third attack, a suicide bomber in a truck detonated near an ISAF military base, wounding at least 13 people in Logar province, just south of Kabul, provincial spokesman Mohammad Faqeer Darwish said. He said that two of the injured were Americans.
ISAF spokesman Lt. Col. Hagen Messer confirmed that ISAF service members were injured in the explosion in the province's capital of
Pul-e-Alam, but did not identify their nationalities nor say how many had been hurt.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the truck bomb attack in an e-mail to journalists.
from CNN
From Masoud Popalzai, CNN
August 7, 2012 -- Updated 1108 GMT (1908 HKT)
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ISAF Joint Command
Date Taken:08.07.2012
Date Posted:08.07.2012 11:46
Location:LOGAR PROVINCE, AF
LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Three Afghan local nationals were killed
when insurgents detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device,
Aug. 7, near a bazaar and an ISAF base in Logar province.
As of the time of this release there were no reports of any ISAF
fatalities; however, some Afghans and ISAF service members were wounded
and taken to medical facilities for treatment.
Mohammad Tahir Sabari, Logar provincial governor, said he was “totally
saddened with the today's tragic act of insurgents that again by
detonating some explosives, injured many innocent civilians in this holy
month of Ramazan.”
Sabari said he “condemns this tragic act with the strongest terms and
offers his prayers and sympathies for the families of the victims and
wishes a speedy recovery for the wounded ones.”
For more information about Afghan casualties, contact the Logar provincial authorities.
Despite the efforts of the enemies of the Government of Islamic Republic
of Afghanistan, ISAF forces in eastern Afghanistan remain committed to
partnering with our Afghan National Security Forces counterparts to
secure a stable and prosperous future for the Afghan people.
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