NATO troops injured in Afghanistan suicide attack

A suicide attacker blew himself up at a hospital opening ceremony in eastern Afghanistan today, wounding at least two NATO soldiers and a health worker.

Security forces had blocked the attacker from approaching a crowd of about 150 people who had gathered for the ceremony in Khost city, and was shot in the leg before he detonated his bomb, said Gov. Arsalah Jamal.

He said two American soldiers and an Afghan health worker were wounded.

Sgt Dean Welch, a NATO spokesman, said a number of NATO troops were wounded in the blast, but the extent of their injuries was not immediately known. He did not give their nationalities.