Afghan Interim Leader Slightly Injured by U.S. Bomb
Wednesday December 5 12:11 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An errant U.S. bomb that killed two U.S. troops and injured 20 others on Wednesday also slightly injured the Pashtun tribal chief named to lead an interim government in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said.

The officials, who asked not to be identified, said Hamid Karzai was in the area when the bomb, dropped by a U.S. B-52 bomber, struck north of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. He apparently received slight injuries.

No further details were available about Karzai, the ethnic tribal chief leading a struggle to chase the Taliban from their last stronghold in the southern Afghan city. He was named to head an interim, post-Taliban government under an agreement signed by Afghan rivals in Bonn on Wednesday.