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2020-10-11 Afghanistan
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Seven Civilians Killed in Helmand, Herat Blasts
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[ToloNews] At least seven non-combatants were killed in two explosions in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces, local officials and the Defense Ministry said.
A roadside kaboom blast that hit a passenger bus in Gereshk district, Helmand province, on Saturday morning, left five civilians dead and nine others maimed, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The mine was planted by the Taliban
 ...mindless ferocity in a turban...
, the Defense Ministry said.
According to TOLOnews’ Abdullah Hamim, the 601 Highway in Helmand that connects Lashkargah city with the Kandahar-Herat highway is also closed to traffic over the last two days due to damaged roads and bridges. The roads, security officials said, have been damaged by the Taliban.
In a similar incident on Friday evening, a passengers’ bus hit a roadside kaboom in Herat-Kandahar highway in Shindand district, Herat province, killing two civilians and wounding 10 others, according to Herat Public Health Directorate’s front man Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai.
Shirzai said that women and kiddies are also among those maimed in the blast.
Jailani Farhad, front man for Herat governor, said the mine was planted by the Taliban.
Taliban has not commented on the two incidents.
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