Taliban Bomber Kills 2 Americans in Southern Afghanistan
2, 2017
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a NATO convoy in the southern
Afghan city of Kandahar on Wednesday, killing two American soldiers, the Pentagon said.
Zia Durani, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar, said the convoy had come under attack while traveling in the area
of Shorandam, which lies on the main road from Kandahar Airfield, one of the largest American bases in the country.
As Taliban violence has worsened around the country, the 8,700 American troops who remain in Afghanistan as part
of the NATO mission have been trying to support Afghan security forces, which are increasingly in distress.
Tadamichi Yamamoto said that This attack deliberately targeting civilians at prayer can have no justification whatsoever,
At the scene of the attack, at least four helicopters landed to evacuate the casualties,
and firefighters arrived to extinguish one of the armored vehicles that was in flames.
Janan Agha said that I heard loud explosion and then saw one of the armored vehicles in flames,
In western Afghanistan, officials said the death toll of a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on Tuesday had increased to 32 killed and 66 wounded.
