More civilians killed in Afghanistan

A soldier was killed in Afghanistan when an explosion struck a patrol of Nato-led troops, the alliance said in a statement.

A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a minibus carrying Afghan soldiers, leaving at least 12 people killed and seven others wounded, near Kabul today , officials and witnesses said.

Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, a defence ministry spokesman, said that six soldiers and six civilians were killed in the suicide blast and that seven other soldiers were wounded.