KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 13, SPA -- A suicide car bomber hit a fleet of fuel tankers intended for a NATO base in southern Afghanistan, killing eight Afghans and wounding 21,officials said Saturday. The attack in Helmand province late Friday burned six fueltankers parked outside the town of Gereshk, said DawoodAhmadi, the spokesman for the governor of Helmand. Thetrucks had been headed to a large NATO base that primarilyhouses U.S. and British troops, Associated Press reported. The attack killed eight Afghan drivers or theirassistants, said Abdel Ahad Khan, the Gereshk districtchief. Twenty-one people were wounded, he said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/673950
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