Suspected suicide bomber attacks peacekeeper bus in Afghanistan

Sunday, June 8, 2003

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An explosives-packed taxi rammed a bus carrying German peacekeepers Saturday, setting off a thunderous blast that killed four soldiers and wounded 29 others in the first deadly suicide attack against international peacekeepers in Afghanistan.

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