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Eight Die in Helmand Suicide Attack
 [Quqnoos] At least 8 civilians were killed and 38 others were wounded Wednesday in a suicide attack in Helmand province, officials saidThe incident happened as government officials were distributing aid to people in a town in Helmand, a southern province which made the key bastion of Taliban insurgents. "Reports as of noon, indicate more than 35 civilians were wounded in the explosion, many of them seriously," NATO-led ISAF forces said in a statement. The attack took place in Babaji, outside Lashkar Gah, Helmand's provincial capital, said a spokesman for Helmand's governor, Dawood Ahmadi. All the victims of this incident has been civilians, added Ahmadi Posted by: Fred 2010-04-01 |
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