WEB DESK
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 .
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.
The Taliban, who have a heavy presence in poppy-growing Kandahar province and have launched repeated attacks there, quickly claimed the attack.
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.
“We are working to gather additional information as quickly as possible and will release more details as appropriate,” the coalition said in a statement.
A local security official said the attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle into the convoy.
No further details were immediately available.