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Seven Killed in Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan
"Al-Qaeda won't stop suicide kabooms despite Afghan anger, if any"Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a coordinated attack on Afghan security forces patrolling Sunday in the town of Gereshk, in the southern province of Helmand, killing 7 people and wounding 20, the Interior Ministry said. It was the second attack in Gereshk in four days. A similar attack on Thursday killed 21 people. Helmand Province is the largest opium- and heroin-producing region of Afghanistan. Sunday's attack was aimed at Afghan soldiers and police officers who were conducting a joint foot patrol through the central bazaar of the city, said Asadullah Sherzad, the police chief of Helmand. The first suicide bomber was on a motorcycle and blew himself up next to the patrol, and a second bomber detonated his explosives minutes later among the crowd that gathered while the police and soldiers were attending to the casualties.
A spokesman for the Taliban, Qari Yousuf Ahmedzai, claimed responsibility for the attack. He said 30 members of the security forces had been killed. Posted by: Steve White 2009-05-11 |
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