Suicide Bomb Wounds Three Afghan Schoolgirls

The bomber rammed a Toyota saloon car into a German military vehicle 15 km (10 miles) west of the city of Kunduz.

A suicide car bomber targeting German troops wounded three schoolgirls in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, the deputy provincial police chief said.

The bomber rammed a Toyota saloon car into a German military vehicle 15 km (10 miles) west of the city of Kunduz, destroying the vehicle and wounding the three passing schoolgirls, Kunduz Deputy Police Chief Abdurahman Abtash told Reuters.

A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said initial reports said there were no fatalities among the troops.

Taliban militants have vowed to step up their campaign of suicide bombings this year, but such attacks are still relatively rare in the north of the country. Most of the fighting is concentrated in the south and east of the country.

Germany has some 3,000 troops serving under ISAF in northern Afghanistan.