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| Afghanistan |
| Herat Blast Wounds Three |
| 2010-06-01 |
| [Quqnoos] At least three people, including two civilians, were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in western Herat province on Monday, officials said The remote-controlled device hit a convoy of the provincial police chief, Gen Salim Ehsaas, but he remained unhurt in the explosion, the Afghan Ministry of Interior said in a statement. The ministry condemned the attack, blaming enemies of Afghanistan -- an expression commonly used to refer to the Taliban. The explosion occurred this morning as the police chief, accompanied by foreign troops, was heading to the nearby Guzara district. Taliban have vowed to speed up their attacks against Afghan and NATO forces as a part of their spring offensive, Al Fath. |
| Posted by:Fred |