Blast on Afghan roadside, two Dutch soldiers slightly wounded

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Kabul, May 26, SPA -- A bomb exploded Thursday on aroad in eastern Afghanistan as a Dutch army vehicle wasdriving along it, slightly wounding two soldiers, Afghanpolice said. A spokeswoman for the International Security AssistanceForce, Lt. Col. Karen Tissot Van Patot, confirmed there hadbeen an "incident" in Baghlan province. She said twosoldiers had been injured and were in a stable condition.She gave no other details, including the nationality of thetroops involved. Fazil Uddin Ayar, chief of police for Baghlan province,said a remote-controlled bomb exploded as the Dutch vehicledrove by. He said the two soldiers were lightly wounded.About five suspects had been arrested, he said. A purported Taliban spokesman, Mullah Latif Hakimi,claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone callto The Associated Press. His claim could not be verified.--SPA1056 Local Time 0756 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/265221

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