At least 16 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. They include four Czech soldiers from NATO’s armed forces and several children.<br /><br />A fifth Czech soldier was badly wounded in the attack.<br /><br />Local officials say the killings, in the eastern province of Parwan, were carried out by a suicide bomber on a bicycle. <br /><br />The attack on a medical clinic claimed the lives of some ten civilians and two policemen, according to reports.<br /><br />The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the bombing.<br /><br />One eyewitness, a local man, said that when he got to the scene he saw that eight or nine of the dead were children. <br /><br />“Two days ago a rocket was fired from the village of Qalandar Khil which hit the Bagram (military) base and this morning a joint Afghan-ISAF operation went there to investigate the case,” said Ziaul Rahman Sayedkhili, a senior police officer in Parwan. “There was a suicide bomber on a bicycle who detonated his explosives.”<br /><br />The bombing took place as most international forces from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are preparing to leave the country after 12 years of war against Taliban insurgents.
