Suicide blasts kill German soldier

TWO separate suicide attackers rammed car bombs into vehicles belonging to NATO-led peacekeepers yesterday in Kabul, killing one German soldier and wounding at least 13 people in the first major attack on foreign troops in the capital in more than a year.

Peacekeepers opened fire on another vehicle after it travelled at high speed toward the scene of the attacks and failed to stop, killing all three people inside, said a local police commander, Pashtun.

It was not clear if it had been an attempted third bombing. Security forces cordoned off the area and kept people from approaching the vehicle, fearing it might explode.