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Suicide attack in Afghanistan kills two Spanish soldiers

Suicide attack in Afghanistan kills two Spanish soldiersKabul/Madrid - Two NATO-led Spanish soldiers were killed and four were wounded when a suicide bomber attacked their convoy in Afghanistan's western Herat province, Afghan and Spanish officials said Sunday.

The bomber rammed his explosives-laden van into a convoy of Afghan and NATO soldiers in the Shindand district on Sunday morning, Abdul Raouf Ahmadi, spokesman for police forces in western Afghanistan, said.

Two Spanish NATO soldiers killed in Afghan suicide attack

Kabul/Madrid - Two NATO-led Spanish soldiers were killed and four were wounded when a suicide bomber attacked their convoy in Afghanistan's western Herat province, Afghan and Spanish officials said Sunday.

The bomber rammed his explosives-laden van into a convoy of Afghan and NATO soldiers in the Shindand district on Sunday morning, Abdul Raouf Ahmadi, spokesman for police forces in western Afghanistan, said.

"According to our information two NATO soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in suicide attack that happened in Azizabad area," Ahmadi said, adding that an Afghan passerby was also wounded.

Just how good will Guardiola's Barcelona become?

Madrid - Just how good will Josep Guardiola's Barcelona side become?

How many trophies will they win this season?

Will they reach the total of 100 goals in La Liga?

These are the questions being asked on Sunday - in Spanish newspapers, radio chats, blogs and bars - after Guardiola's slick side slaughtered hapless Valladolid 6-0 on Saturday.

Barca are the form team of Planet Football at the moment: solid in defence, exquisite in midfield - and devastating in attack.

Valladolid were torn to shreds despite the absence of Andres Iniesta, out for six weeks with a calf injury.

Two Spanish soldiers killed in Afghan attack

Madrid - Two Spanish soldiers have been killed and one seriously injured in an attack in Afghanistan, the Spanish Defence Ministry said Sunday in Madrid.

Eto'o keeps brilliant Barcelona on top in Spain

Madrid  - Samuel Eto'o kept Barcelona on top of the Spanish Liga on Saturday by scoring four goals in the 6-0 destruction of lowly Valladolid.

Eto'o scored all of his goals in another sparkling first-half display from Barca. He now leads the scorers' chart with 13 goals in 10 games.

Barca - the form team of Planet Football right now - have won their last eight league matches and are top with 25 points, two more than Real Madrid, who beat Malaga 4-3 earlier on Saturday in a dramatic clash.

Villarreal, who are at home to Almeria on Sunday, are third on 21 points.

Eto'o began the slaughter of Valladolid by scoring with his left foot in the 12th minute, after being set up by Daniel Alves.

Four-goal Higuain puts ten-man Real Madrid on top

Four-goal Higuain puts ten-man Real Madrid on top Madrid - Real Madrid went to the top of the Spanish Liga on Saturday, albeit temporarily, with an epic ten-man 4-3 home win over midtable Malaga.

Real needed four goals from the in-form Gonzalo Higuain and one from to break the resistance of Malaga, who took the lead three times in the Estadio Bernabeu.

Bernd Schuster's injury-hit side had to play with 10 men from the 44th minute onwards, thanks to the sending-off of Euro 2008 hero Sergio Ramos.

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