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Eight service members were wounded Monday by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device<\/a> in the Daman district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The service members were all Romanian in nationality, the Romanian Ministry of National Defense has confirmed. They are all reportedly in stable condition and were taken to Kandahar Airfield\u2019s hospital<\/a> for treatment, according to a Resolute Support statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group responsible for the Kandahar bombing has not yet been identified publicly. However, the attack comes after another suicide bombing, this one in Afghanistan\u2019s capital of Kabul, also on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Islamic State\u2019s Khorasan Province<\/a> \u2014 the terror group\u2019s Afghan affiliate \u2014 claimed responsibility for that attack on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VBIED blast that wounded the Romanian troops occurred in a populated area of Daman district. It also wounded or killed several Afghan Uniform Police officers and civilians, \u201cincluding an apparent group of children,\u201d according to Resolute Support\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur thoughts and prayers are with those wounded, and with the innocent Afghans whose lives were needlessly taken from them by the enemies of Afghanistan,\u201d said Army Gen. John Nicholson, Resolute Support commander. \u201cIn their spring offensive announcement, the Taliban claimed they would pay special attention to protecting the lives and properties of the Afghan people; however, their hypocrisy was on full display today as they viciously killed Afghan citizens, including children who were Madrassa students.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TOLO News<\/a>, an Afghan news agency, reported 11 madrassa students were killed in the Kandahar explosion, citing local officials in Daman district. In September, one Romanian soldier was killed and two others wounded by another car bomb while patrolling in the same region, according to the Romanian Defense Ministry<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four U.S. service members were also wounded by a car bomb in Kandahar province in November, though there were no fatalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Afghan security personnel carry a victim after the second blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, April 30, 2018. A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, (AP Photo\/Rahmat Gul)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Romanian service members were operating under NATO\u2019s multi-national Resolute Support mission. The NATO-led mission is non-combat, and instead focuses on training, advising and assisting Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. The mission began in 2015, following the end of NATO\u2019s International Security Assistance Force mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the enemies of Afghanistan think their cowardly actions will deter the commitment of the brave Afghan forces and our Resolute Support advisers, or the call by the Afghan people for peace, they are sorely mistaken,\u201d Nicholson said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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