Bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying labourers to work in volatile eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one worker and wounding 11 other people, police said.
The bloodshed follows a string of deadly attacks in recent days with US President Barack Obama poised to unveil a new strategy hoping to turn the tide in a war that has dragged on for more than seven years.The bomb struck labourers from a private construction company as they were travelling to work in Khost province early Sunday, provincial police chief Abdul Qayoom Baqizoi said.Twelve people were wounded and one died later in hospital, he said.There was no claim of responsibility but the attack was similar to scores of others blamed on Taliban insurgents.The US military said five militants were killed and four suspects detained in an operation waged with Afghan forces in northeastern Kunduz province.The operation targeted "a terrorist network" near the Afghan-Tajik border early Sunday, it said in a statement.
Local media reports said, however, that officials believe the men killed were civilians.There are around 75,000 international troops in Afghanistan helping the government fight the Taliban-led insurgency.Despite the presence and the growth of the local forces, violence has grown steadily since the Taliban regime was removed in a US-led invasion in late 2001.
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