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| Afghanistan |
| Eleven Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb |
| 2008-10-15 |
| 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 |