Iraqi insurgents appear to have adopted a new tactic since the start of a security crackdown in Baghdad, using children in a suicide attack on Sunday, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday.
A suicide car bomb exploded Sunday into the convoy of an Afghan politician leading reconciliation efforts with the Taliban militia, injuring him and killing four other people.
An Afghan suicide bomber drove a car laden with explosives into a Canadian military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Friday, touching off a blast that wounded five soldiers, officials said.