A suicide car bomber targeting a NATO convoy killed eight civilians and wounded 22 other people Thursday in southern Afghanistan, AP quoted police as saying. The car bomber blew himself up shortly after a NATO convoy passed near him in Kandahar city, said provincial police Chief Sayed Agha Saqib. There have been no reports of NATO casualties, said Squadron Leader Iain Bright, a spokesman for NATO troops in the south. No NATO troops were wounded in the blast, Saqib said. Eight civilians were killed in the powerful explosion, which also damaged several shops, he said. The 22 wounded included two policemen and seven people who were in serious condition, Saqib said.
