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US national killed in Afghan jail explosion
A US national and three Afghans were killed when a gas tanker exploded in a prison in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, the defence ministry said. The ministry did not provide further details about the casualties in the accident at Pul-i-Charki prison, where hundreds of Taliban suspects transferred from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba are being kept. A gas tanker exploded while transferring gas to the prisons kitchen. Four people were killed - the deaths included an American, his (Afghan) interpreter and two contractors, the ministry said in a statement. The explosion triggered a fire, it said. Two soldiers and a civilian were wounded, the statement said, without providing details. It was not a soldier, a coalition spokesman said.Posted by: Fred 2008-06-12 |
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