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Kandahar Blast Kills Four Afghan Civilians
[Quqnoos] A home-made bomb hit a bus carrying a mine clearance team in Kandahar province on Sunday, killing four people and injuring 14 othersThe improvised explosive device -- the Taliban and other militants' weapon of choice against foreign forces and government targets -- detonated as they drove on a dirt road near Daman district. "The de-miners were travelling in a minibus. There was a remote-controlled bomb on the road. They struck the bomb," Daman district governor Sarajuddin Khan told AFP. The US military has said the increasingly sophisticated devices killed 322 coalition soldiers and wounded 1,813 in 2009 -- double the number in the previous 12 months. The UN has said that most civilian deaths -- 2,412 last year -- were caused by Taliban bombs and suicide attacks. Posted by: Fred 2010-04-12 |
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