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Taliban claim responsibility for US convoy attack

(Agencies)
Updated: 2011-05-20 14:40
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a US consulate convoy in Peshawar on Friday that killed one Pakistani and wounded 10.

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One American in one of the vehicles was also lightly wounded.

"The diplomatic staff of all NATO countries are our targets," said Ehsanullah Ehsan, a Taliban spokesman, told Reuters via telephone from an undisclosed location.

"We will continue such attacks. Pakistan is our first target, and America is our second."

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