New Afghan suicide blast kills 37: governor

Comments | AFP, February, 2008

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (AFP) — A Taliban suicide car bomb aimed at Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan killed 37 civilians Monday, a day after another suicide blast left 100 dead in the country's deadliest such attack.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force said three of its soldiers were also wounded in the powerful suicide blast Monday in a car parts market about 50 metres (160 feet) from the Pakistan border in the town of Spin Boldak.

It would not comment on the nationality of the troops but Kandahar province governor Asadullah Khalid told reporters they were Canadians.

The Canadian military confirmed it had a convoy in the area but would not say if it had been involved in any incident.

The interior ministry said the attack killed 37...