'Taliban' suicide attacker hits Nato convoy

A suicide bomber ploughed his explosive-laden vehicle into a Nato-led force’s convoy in southern Afghanistan, killing himself and damaging an alliance vehicle, a spokesman for the force said.

A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, claimed responsibility for the blast and said the bomber was an Afghan named Mohammad Ilyas.

The attack occurred on the highway in the Spin Boldak district of the southern Kandahar province, said Maj. Vincent Tassel, a spokesman for the Nato-led force. He had no information on casualties.

Ahmadi often contacts journalists to claim attacks for the Taliban, but his exact ties to the militia’s leadership are unclear.