Taliban Targets German Troops

The Associated Press reports:

A suicide attacker blew up his explosives-laden car next to a German military convoy in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing three Afghan civilians, officials and witnesses said.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack.

The bomber detonated his vehicle shortly before 10 a.m. local time on a busy road on the edge of Kunduz city, near the airport, the Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw at least one overturned armored vehicle and what appeared to be a civilian car that was mangled in the blast.

Three civilians were killed and 11 were wounded in the attack, the ministry said.

Germany's military said two German soldiers were lightly wounded and treated at a nearby base. Two vehicles were damaged, according to a German military spokesman, who declined to be named in line with department policy. The spokesman said the military could not immediately confirm whether the attack was a suicide assault or a roadside bomb.