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| Afghanistan |
| 13 killed in fresh Afghan violence |
| 2009-06-08 |
| Bomb blasts and clashes killed five policemen and eight other people in Afghanistan on Sunday, authorities said. A bomb planted by the Taliban killed the police chief of Sar Hawza district in Paktika province as he was travelling from Urgun district to Sar Hawza, a provincial government spokesman said. A clash erupted after the blast and one Taliban was killed, he said. Separately, the Taliban attacked and killed five security guards working for a private company in Sar Hawza, Jawak said. Four policemen were killed after their post was attacked by the Taliban riding motorbikes in Faryab province, said Faryab police chief Khalilullah Ziayee. In Kandahar province, a mother and her son were killed when the motorbike they were riding was blown up by a roadside bomb, planted by the Taliban on Sunday, the interior ministry said. Meanwhile on Saturday, an army soldier was killed in a gun battle with the Taliban that also left two Taliban dead in Ghazni province, Ghazni police chief said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |