SUICIDE ATTACKER RAMS CANADIAN TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN

A SUICIDE ATTACKER DRIVING A VAN WHICH WAS PACKED
WITH EXPLOSIVES RAMMED INTO A CANADIAN FORCES' CONVOY IN SOUTHERN
AFGHANISTAN SATURDAY MORNING, KILLING HIMSELF AND WOUNDING TWO
CANADIAN SOLDIERS AND SEVEN CIVILIANS, AN AFGHAN OFFICIAL SAID, DPA REPORTED.
THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KANDAHAR AT AROUND 5.30
A.M., PROVINCIAL SPOKESMAN DAOUD AHMADI SAID.
AHMADI SAID HE HELD "THE ENEMIES OF AFGHANISTAN" RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE ATTACK, A PHRASE NORMALLY USED TO REFER TO TALIBAN INSURGENTS.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COALITION FORCES WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY
AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT.