Kandahar, April 17, SPA -- Suspected Taliban rebels set off a bomb next to a fuel tanker parked outside the mainU.S. military base in southern Afghanistan early Sunday,setting off a chain of large explosions that destroyed fivetankers and injured three drivers, officials said. The attack took place just after 3 a.m., while Pakistaniand Afghan drivers waiting to deliver fuel to the U.S. baseat Kandahar airport were sleeping, said Gen. Muslim Ahmed,the local Afghan military commander. No American soldierswere injured. One of the injured drivers, Sher Alam, told The AssociatedPress he was woken by the initial blast and ran for hislife. Gen. Ahmed said American troops arrived shortly after theblasts to put out the fire. No arrests were made, butsuspicion immediately fell on the insurgents. "The Taliban perpetrated this terrorist activity," thegeneral said.--SPA1200 Local Time 0900 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/255234