GARDEZ: A Taliban suicide bomber on a motorbike rammed an Afghan-Nato patrol in the town of Khost on Wednesday, killing 21 people, including three US soldiers, officials said.Another 37 people were wounded in the blast in the eastern town close to the border with Pakistan, where Taliban and other militant insurgents fighting US-led troops have strongholds, hospital officials said.
It was the second major attack on Nato in Khost in three weeks. The government blamed the Taliban and a spokesman for the insurgent militia later claimed responsibility for the attack.
A Taliban spokesman told AFP by telephone that one of its fighters blew himself up alongside a US military patrol in Khost, killing 10 American soldiers, including a translator, and four Afghan policemen.
Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said Wednesday’s blast targeted a combined Afghan and coalition patrol passing through Khost, one of the most troubled parts of Afghanistan.
Khost shares a porous border with Pakistan’s tribal belt, which lies outside government control, and where US officials say the Taliban and al Qaeda have carved out bases for operations in Afghanistan.
The Haqqani network, a militant group close to al Qaeda and blamed for some of the most daring insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, is particularly active in the province.
A US official said three American soldiers were killed and several others wounded in the suicide attack. The embassy in Kabul said an Afghan interpreter was also among the dead.
Amir Padsha, the director of Khost city hospital, said the bodies of three police officers and eight civilians, along with 17 wounded were brought in.
Babri Gul, the head of the Babri Gul private hospital in Khost, said he had received six bodies, including four members of the same family, and 20 wounded.
Afghan police and interior ministry officials confirmed that the four dead announced by the Americans were in addition to the 17 Afghan bodies taken to local hospitals.
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