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Eleven Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb
Eleven Afghan civilians and three NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan Tuesday as the defense minister acknowledged that 2008 was the bloodiest year since U.S.-led invasion. Eleven people, including two children aged about 10, were killed when a bomb apparently intended for Afghan or international security forces blew up a bus in the southern province of Uruzgan, police said. Another six people were wounded when the blast hit the small bus as it was taking villagers to a district centre, said senior provincial police officer Mohammad Gulab. Provincial police chief Juma Gul Hemat blamed the attack on the "enemies of Afghanistan", a phrase used to refer to insurgents from the Taliban, an Islamic group that was in government between 1996 and 2001. A spokesman for the Taliban denied his group's involvement. Posted by: Fred 2008-10-15 |
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