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| Afghanistan |
| Donkey bomb kills three children in Kandahar |
| 2010-04-20 |
| [Dawn] A bomb strapped to the back of a donkey blew up in the centre of Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Monday, killing three children and wounding five people, officials said. The bomb struck close to a police post guarding the residence of a tribal chief and ally of President Hamid Karzai in an area of the city where several government buildings are located. Zalmai Ayoubi, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said three nephews of the tribal chief, Fazluddin, were killed, while three pedestrians and two police guarding Fazluddin's house were wounded. Afghan security forces cordoned off the area of the blast, near where Ahmad Wali Karzai, a half-brother of President Hamid Karzai and head of the Kandahar provincial council, has his residence, a Reuters witness said. The city, birthplace of the resurgent Taliban, has witnessed several attacks by the militants in recent weeks and is expected to be the target of a major offensive by foreign troops in coming months. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The poor donkey! He was so entertaining in Shrek. Have PETA and the SPCA been notified? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-04-20 08:23 |