U.S. Air Forces Central Command

A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of foreign troops in southern Kandahar province on Monday, a provincial official confirmed, adding that several casualties were feared in the attack, Anadolu Agency reported. Kandahar governor's spokesman Qudratullah Khushbakh told Anadolu Agency the incident took place in the afternoon in Dand district.

In the light of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's recent visit to Turkey, the two allies will intensify their dialogue on how to best continue the joint fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as efforts to seal the final part of the Turkish-Syrian border. 

U.S. Air Forces Central Command has started deploying search and rescue helicopters and airmen at Turkey?s southeastern Diyarbak?r Air Base in order to help with recovery operations in neighboring Iraq and Syria, it has announced.