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32 killed in Afghan violence
 A wave of attacks killed 29 people in Afghanistan, on Monday.A bomb tore through a tractor and trailer in southern Zabul province, a district governor said. "A roadside bomb struck their vehicle and killed 12 people," said Shamalzai District Head Wazir Mohammad. Mohammad said two Taliban fighters were killed in the same district early on Monday. Meanwhile, Taliban fighters attacked a construction site near the Zabul capital, Provincial Deputy Police Chief Ghulam Jialani said. Six security guards protecting workers were killed in the shoot-out along with two civilians, he said. Suicide attack: In the eastern province of Laghman, a suicide attacker walked up to a vehicle carrying a provincial mayor and blew himself up, killing the official and six other people, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the Laghman attack. Also, authorities in the western province of Herat reported 13 Taliban and a policeman were killed in clashes in the area on Sunday. About 150 Taliban attacked a power plant, sparking fighting that left nine of the gunmen and a policeman dead, police spokesman Noor Khan Nikzad said. Four more insurgents died in an Afghan and international military operation in the Guzara district near the capital, he said. Also, in the western Farah province, three policemen were killed and three wounded in a firefight with the Taliban, police said. Authorities in the western province of Herat also reported that 13 Taliban and a policeman were killed in clashes in the area on Sunday. Posted by: Fred 2009-05-05 |
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