Nato troops fire on bus

SUICIDE bombers struck inside Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar yesterday, and NATO acknowledged its troops opened fire on a passenger bus, killing four civilians and sparking anti-Western protests.

The Kandahar suicide attack was the second big raid in weeks in the city.

In another part of Kandahar province, hundreds of protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the killing of four civilians by international troops who said they had shot at the bus when it failed to stop as it approached a military convoy.