MAZAR--SHARIF: The number of people killed after a powerful Taliban truck bomb ing at the German consulate in Afghani stan's Mazar-i-Sharif city rose to at least seven yesterday, with more than 100 others wounded in a major militant assault. The Taliban said the bombing late on Thursday, which tore a massive crater in the road and overturned cars, was a"revenge attack" for US air strikes this month in the volatile province of Kunduz that left 32 civil ians dead. emey The explosion, followed by sporadic tranquil northern city, smashing windows of nearby shops and leaving terrified local residents fleeing for cover"The suicide attacker rammed his explo sives-laden carinto the wall of the German consulate," local police chief Sayed Kamal Sadat said