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Page last updated at 09:36 GMT, Monday, 6 July 2009 10:36 UK

Blast outside Afghan Nato base

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A suicide bomber has struck just outside a major Nato base in southern Afghanistan, killing at least two Afghan soldiers and injuring 14 civilians.

The attacker blew up his minivan at a checkpoint outside Kandahar airfield on the outskirts of Kandahar city.

The attack came as thousands of US and UK forces are engaged in an offensive against the Taliban in the south.

READ MORE: Afghan car bomb attack near base

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