U.S. soldier wounded in southeastern Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ An explosive planted on a road in southeastern Afghanistan severely wounded a U.S. soldier, the military said Saturday. <br/><br/>The soldier was traveling in a convoy of U.S.

Saturday, May 15th 2004, 11:11 am

By: News On 6

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ An explosive planted on a road in southeastern Afghanistan severely wounded a U.S. soldier, the military said Saturday.

The soldier was traveling in a convoy of U.S. military vehicles southeast of the Zabul provincial capital of Qalat on Thursday when an improvised explosive device detonated, U.S. military spokesman Tucker Mansager told a news conference.

The soldier was sent to the U.S.-led coalition headquarters at Bagram, north of Kabul, for medical treatment.

The spokesman gave no further details, including the identity of the injured soldier.

Also Saturday, a U.S. convoy on patrol was attacked in southern Helmand province, an Afghan official said. Mohammed Wali, spokesman for the governor of neighboring Kandahar province, said that U.S. and Afghan forces were hunting for the unidentified attackers.

He had no information about any soldiers killed or injured in the attack in Helmand's Musa Qala district.

Some 20,000 coalition forces are in Afghanistan to fight supporters of al-Qaida and the former Taliban regime.