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Arrests Made After Suicide Bomber Kills 8 In Kandahar

December 13 2010

Afghanistan

Several suspects have been arrested in southern Afghanistan after a deadly attack on a minibus.

Six U.S. and two Afghan soldiers were killed Sunday in Kandahar province by a Taliban suicide bomber, the Voice of America News reports.

The attacker detonated an explosives-laden van in a jointly operated outpost, said military officials.

Several other American and Afghan troops were reportedly wounded in the blast. A child was also reported killed.

On Sunday night, Afghan and...

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