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ByAmirShah The Associated Press KABUL, AFGHANISTAN A suicide car bomber target- ing a convoy of U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan killed three Afghan civil- ians and wounded four on Friday, while in another eastern province, 10 people were killed when their min- ivan hit a roadside bomb, officials said. The international aid group Save the Children meanwhile said five of its local staff who had been abducted several weeks ago were found dead in the southern Uruzgan province. The Taliban claimed re- sponsibility for the convoy attack, which took place near the U.S. military base not far from the airport in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. No American soldiers were wounded in the bomb- ing, said Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal, the spokes- man for the provincial po- lice chief. The attack happened out- side the gates of the base as the convoy was return- ing from an early patrol, ac- cording to an official at the base who spoke on condi- tion of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media. The area is built up, with residential housing mixed with retail outlets, mostly selling vehicles. Friday is the weekend in Afghani- stan and the area is typi- cally bustling with people. Taliban spokesman Zabi- hullah Mujahid said the in- surgent group was behind the attack. The bombing came just two days after an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on American troops at the Nangarhar provincial gov- ernor's compound, about 8 miles from the U.S. base. One U.S. soldier was killed and eight others were wounded in the attack. No group has so far claimed responsibility for Wednesday's assault, which was the first so-called "in- sider attack" to target NATO troops since they ended their combat mis- sion at the start of the year. Also Friday, 10 people were killed when a minivan they were traveling in hit a roadside bomb in the remote eastern Ghazni province, ac- cording to Deputy Gov. Mo- hammad Ali Ahmadi. Zubaida Akbar, senior communications manager with Save the Children in Afghanistan, confirmed to The Associated Press that five staff members had been killed. "We confirm that five of our staff members were abducted about five weeks ago. Today we have received news that they have been killed," she said. She would provide no further details except to say that all five men were ad- ministrative staff with the Uruzgan office of Save the Children. Dost Mohammad Nayab, spokesman for the governor of Uruzgan, said the five were abducted around 40 days ago and that the gov- ernment refused their cap- tors' demands for a prisoner exchange. He said the aid work- ers' bodies were found Fri- day, and that they had been shot dead. He did not say who captured them. Insurgentshavebeenfight- ing the Kabul government since the Taliban were over- thrown by a U.S.-led inva- sion in 2001. As the weather warms up, attacks from mil- itants moving into Afghan- istan across the mountains that border Pakistan are ex- pected to intensify. In the capital, Kabul, a suicide bomber in a car targeted armored vehicles, wounding two civilians, ac- cording to Farid Afzali Ka- bul, the head of the Kabul police's criminal investi- gation unit. The Taliban claimed responsibility. AFGHANISTAN Bo mb in gs , in cl ud in g at ta ck o n US t ro op s, k il l 13 A fg ha ns RAHMATGUL—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Afghan security personnel gather at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday. The Associated Press RABAT, MOROCCO A fiery head-on collision between a semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 33 people and injured seven, according to the state news agency and local media re- ports. The news agency quoted authorities saying the crash took place just before sun- rise at 7 a.m. Friday in the district of Chbika, near the southern desert city of Tan- Tan. A video posted by the French-language eco- nomic daily L'Economiste shows the flaming wreck- age of the tour bus, which caught fire after hitting what the newspaper iden- tified as a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons. People wander around the burning hulk in a bleak desert landscape. According to details pro- vided by the Le360.ma news site, the bus was carrying young athletes and officials from the Ministry of Youth and Sports that were in- volved in a national sports competition. MOROCCO Head-on collision of truck and bus kills 33 By Ahmed Al-Haj and Munir Ahmed The Associated Press SANAA, YEMEN Pakistan's parliament voted unani- mously Friday to stay out of the Saudi-led air cam- paign targeting Shiite reb- els in Yemen, offering in- stead to mediate a solution, in a blow to Saudi Arabia's attempts to build a Sunni front in an increasingly sectarian conflict. Pakistan's decision is un- likely to greatly affect the Saudi-led coalition's mil- itary capabilities. But it was an embarrassment to the kingdom from a tradi- tionally close ally, now re- luctant to get pulled into a conflict that is threatening to escalate into a new proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudi Arabia had been seeking to expand the co- alition, made up of fel- low Gulf nations as well as Egypt and Sudan, which has waged a nearly 3-week campaign of air- strikes against the rebels, known as Houthis, and is reportedly considering a ground incursion. At the same time, Shiite power- house Iran, which backs the Houthis, also lobbied Pakistan and other Sunni nations to back a cease-fire and a negotiated end to the conflict. A senior official in the United Arab Emirates — a member of the coalition — lashed out angrily at Paki- stan, accusing it of choosing Iran over the Gulf nations at a time when they face an "existential confrontation" in the Yemen conflict. Anwar Gargash, the UAE's minister of state for foreign affairs, said on his Twitter account that Pak- istan should look out for its strategic relations with Gulf nations, pointing to the Gulf's economic and in- vestment help to the South Asian nation. "Contradictory and am- biguous positions in this existential matter will cost (Pakistan) dearly," he wrote. Airstrikes along with escalated fighting on the ground between the Houthis and supporters of Yemen's beleaguered pres- ident threaten to push Ye- men, the Arab world's poor- est country, into collapse. On Friday, the U.N. and International Committee of the Red Cross succeeded in bringing in the first two plane loads of aid, deliver- ing tons of medical and hu- manitarian supplies to the capital, Sanaa, to relieve hospitals overburdened by casualties. Saudi Arabia and its al- lies, including the United States, accuse Iran of arm- ing the Houthis. The Gulf countries view the rebels' power grab as a move by Iran to establish a strong- hold on their southern flank. Iran says it backs the rebels politically and with humanitarian aid but de- nies sending weapons. The Houthis have full or par- tial control over 11 of Ye- men's 22 provinces, backed by military units loyal to ousted autocrat Ali Abdul- lah Saleh. SOUTH ARABIAN CONFLICT Pakistan votes to stay out of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen By Paul Davenport and Jonathan J. Cooper The Associated Press PHOENIX Raul Hector Cas- tro, Arizona's only Hispanic governor and an American ambassador to three coun- tries, died Friday. He was 98. Family spokesman James Garcia said Castro died in his sleep in San Di- ego, where he was in hos- pice care. Arizona Gov. Doug Du- cey said Castro "lived a full life of exemplary service to Arizona and its people." "He was an honorable public servant, a history- maker, a beloved family man and a strong friend and fighter for Arizona," Ducey said in a statement. Castro was a self-made man, the embodiment of the American dream. He overcame poverty and dis- crimination to graduate from college and launch a successful career in politics and diplomacy. "America is the land of opportunity," Castro told The Associated Press in 2010. "Here, one can ac- complish whatever they want to be. But you've got to work for it." Growing up on the U.S.- Mexico border near Doug- las, Arizona, Castro saw discrimination around him. He said he wondered why the Hispanics were la- borers and none delivered the mail or worked in of- fices. He landed a job with the U.S. Consulate in the bor- der city of Agua Prieta, Mexico. After five years, a senior official told him he was doing a great job but had no future in the for- eign service — he had a Hispanic name and no Ivy League education. Castro quit and moved to Tucson. Castro excelled and went on to be elected the first Hispanic county attorney and later the first Hispanic judge in Pima County Su- perior Court. He went on to serve as U.S. ambassador to three Latin American countries under three U.S. presidents. Lyndon Johnson sent him to El Salvador, where Cas- tro became known as "Yan- kee Castro" to differentiate him from the other Raul Castro — the brother of Cu- ban dictator Fidel Castro. His statewide races were two of the closest guberna- torial elections in state his- tory. He lost to Republican Jack Williams in 1970 by 1.5 percentage points. He fared better four years later as the Republican Party was embroiled in the Watergate corruption scan- dal. 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