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British soldier among five killed in Afghanistan
Five people, including one Britain soldier and four civilians, were killed and as many wounded in two separate incidents in southern Afghanistan on Monday. In the first incident, one British soldier was killed and three others wounded in a head-on collision between their car and a truck in the insurgency-plagued Helmand province. Local officials said the soldiers were driving on the wrong side and this was why the other vehicle collided with it. However, the foreign troopers did not issue any comment. The injured soldiers were rushed to a hospital by their colleagues. Separately, a civilian vehicle flipped over a roadside landmine in the same province that resulted in killing of four people. Two others wounded in the blast. Spokesman for the provincial governor Mohyuddin said the vehicle was hit by a landmine planted by Taliban. Three days back, one US soldier and six Taliban were killed in a fierce battle in the same province. The Afghan officials believe the recent mine was planted to attack the government forces; however, it hit the civilians. Besides, many areas of Afghanistan are still infested with war-era landmines. Posted by: Fred 2006-03-28 |
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