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Roadside Bomb Blast Kills Afghan Soldiers
 [Quqnoos] Three Afghan soldiers and two intelligent agents were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Zabul province on Sunday, officials said The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blew up as the Afghan forces were trying to neutralise it in Shahjoy, a remote district in the restive Afghan province, deputy to provincial Police Chief, Ghulam Jilani Farahi, told Quqnoos. The incident occurred at about 9:00am on Sunday in Qara Bagho, a village of Zabul, where Taliban militant are present at large groups. Zabul province is neighboring Kandahar, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban, in the volatile southern region. No groups, including the Taliban, have claimed responsibility for planting the roadside bomb. Posted by: Fred 2009-08-10 |
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