Bombs kill Finnish soldier, 3 others

A bomb in northern Afghanistan killed a Finnish soldier and an Afghan civilian, and a suicide attacker in the capital killed two people, including a policeman, officials said.

The blast 100 yards outside a Norwegian-led base in the northern city of Maymana killed the Finnish soldier and wounded four Norwegian officers, the Norwegian military in Oslo said.

In Kabul, the Afghan capital, a suicide attacker on a motorbike blew himself up next to highway police guarding a road project, killing the police officer and a civilian, officials reported.