Three Italian soldiers hurt in Afghan attack
Three Italian soldiers were lightly wounded in an apparent suicide attack against NATO-led troops in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat, military and government officials said. A purported spokesman for the ousted Taliban government claimed responsibility for the blast, which struck a convoy of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on the main road to the city’s airport. “There was a vehicle that pulled up alongside and blew up next to one of our vehicles,” ISAF spokesman Andy Elmes said on Tuesday. Full Story