In southern Afghanistan, on Monday at least 11 children were killed by a suicide bomb attack on a foreign military convoy.
A car bomb placed in the southern province of Kandahar exploded injuring an additional sixteen people among them, foreign and Afghan security force members the provincial police spokesman Qasim Afghan told AFP.
Said Aziz Ahmad Azizi Kandahar governor spokesman verified the casualty toll. He said five Romanian soldiers and two Afghan police officers were among the injured.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan said eight Romanian soldiers were wounded in the attack. Afghan civilians, including children, and security forces were also among the casualties, it added.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with those wounded, and with the innocent Afghans whose lives were needlessly taken from them by the enemies of Afghanistan,” said General John Nicholson, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan.
Romanian soldiers are tasked with providing security at Kandahar airport, which is used by foreign forces.
The attack came hours after two suicide blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 25 people including Agence France-Presse chief photographer for Afghanistan Shah Marai.
The Islamic State group claimed the Kabul attacks.