Suicide bomb Blast kills 2 Afghan soldiers, wounds 3

KABUL: A suicide car bomb killed two Afghan soldiers and wounded three on Wednesday in the western province of Herat, the Defence Ministry said.

Violence in Afghanistan has surged over the last year to its worst level since 2001, with Taliban militants’ launching more suicide and roadside bomb attacks in an attempt to show that the Afghan government and its Western backers cannot bring security.

The suicide bomber detonated his explosives next to an army vehicle in the Mir Awad area of Herat province, the Defence Ministry said in a statement. Separately, U.S.-led coalition forces together with Afghan officials were investigating claims on Wednesday they had killed civilians during an operation targeting a Taliban network in Kapisa province, northeast of Kabul, the U.S. military said.

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