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Afghanistan
7 civilians killed as Taliban bomb roadside bomb goes off in West of Afghanistan
2020-08-07
[KhaamaPress] A roadside kaboom planted by Talibs went off in western Nimroz province of Afghanistan, killing at least seven civilians, the local authorities said.

Bahram Khel, the acting spokesperson for the provincial government, confirmed that the incident took place in Khash Rod district.

He said a vehicle carrying civilians struck a roadside kaboom planted by Talibs in Khash Rod district on Wednesday.

Bahram Khel further added that the earth-shattering kaboom killed 7 civilians and maimed another one.

The Taliban
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group has not commented regarding the incident so far.

Talibs and other Death Eaters often use roadside kabooms to target the security forces but the majority of such attacks inflict casualties on ordinary civilians.
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