One

A Norwegian officer was
killed and another wounded
Friday in an explosion
in northern Afghanistan.

The roadside bomb blast
in Balkh province was
triggered by a suicide
car bomb, an Afghan

official said. The Taliban
claimed credit, identifying the
bomber as Abdul Based.
The Taliban spokesman insisted

that 10 NATO soldiers
were dead and three
tanks destroyed in the
attack. Norwegian Defence Minister

Anne-Grete Strom-Erichsen
told reporters the vehicle
hit was unarmoured. B(l)aby
belt makes womb musical.


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source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur, April 17, 2009