KANDAHAR, Aug 29, SPA -- A suicide bomber in a carstruck a NATO-Afghan military convoy Tuesday, killing one civilian and wounding two others, a day after a bomb at a market left 21 civilians dead and 43 wounded, officialssaid. A remote controlled bomb in Helmand province also killed two police on patrol Tuesday, an official said. Tuesday's suicide bomber hit the military convoy on the main road linking Kandahar with the city's airport, said. Col. Sher Shah, who was in the convoy. No NATO soldiers were wounded, the Associated Press reported. A civilian driving near the convoy died in the blast,while another civilian and an Afghan soldier were wounded, Shah said. The bodies of the civilian and the bomber laid on the road. A remote-controlled bomb hit a police vehicle on patrol in Grieshk district of Helmand province killing two officers, said Ghulam Muhiddin, the Helmand governor's spokesman. He blamed the Taliban. Another remote-controlled bomb went off in east Kabulshortly after a NATO vehicle patrol drove past, but therewere no casualties, said Interior Ministry spokesman Yousef Stanezai. On Monday, a suicide bomber targeting a former policechief killed 21 people and wounded 43 in a market in theHelmand provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. The bombinitially killed 17 people, but four of the wounded laterdied, officials said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/385764
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