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AP, Kandahar

A suicide bomber hit a Canadian military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, wounding two children, while a U.S.-led coalition soldier was killed in an operation in the west, officials said.

The bomber struck the Canadian convoy in the southern city of Kandahar, said police officer Abdul Karim.

One military vehicle appeared to be damaged, according to an AP reporter at the scene of the attack.

Two children - an 8-year-old and 12-year old boy - were wounded in the attack, Karim said. There was no information about Canadian casualties.

Separately, a U.S.-led coalition soldier was killed during an operation in the western Farah province, the coalition said in a statement. It did not provide any further information.

Insurgents have been targeting Afghan, U.S. and other foreign troops in their attempts to weaken the government of President Hamid Karzai.

Over 1,200 people - mostly militants - have died in insurgency-related violence so far this year, according to an Associated Press count.