British soldier killed in Taliban attack

A spokesman for the Taliban claimed it had carried out the bombings.

The attacks came during a memorial ceremony for a Canadian soldier killed in a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul just the day before. An Afghan civilian was also killed in that attack.

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The British soldier was killed near their base in Kabul, said Canadian Maj. Gen. Andrew Leslie, deputy commander of the security force, speaking at the end of the memorial service at the Canadian base.

"Initial reports indicate that one of our British comrades lost his life and there have been several injuries," he said, adding that another explosive device was detonated outside the main German base.

A spokesman for the Nato-led security force, Lt. Col. Joerg Langer, said one British soldier died after a car bomb hit a British patrol at about 11 a.m. local time. In London, the British Ministry of Defense said another four were wounded.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

Just east of Kabul near the German peacekeepers' base, a suicide bomber in a taxi detonated an explosion that injured five foreigners, said Qasim Mangal, a local police chief.

International troops and Afghan authorities closed off the scene of the attack on the British patrol, on Jalalabad Road, about 1 1/4 miles from the Germans' base. From nearby, two burned out jeeps could be seen apparently Land Rovers that are used by British troops.