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4 killed in Afghan suicide attack
KANDAHAR: A suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan killed four people on Sunday, shattering a period of calm in the region. The suicide bomber – on foot and wearing an explosives-packed vest – targeted a group of security guards as they stood in a bazaar, said Mohammad Jan Rasoulyar, a spokesman, for the Zabul provincial government.

Two security guards and two civilians were killed in the attack, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. It said 12 other people were injured in the attack. “The bomber exploded near them,' Rasoulyar said, adding that the attack happened in a highway bazaar in the Shahjoy district.

Separately, a demonstration by Afghan tribesmen turned violent on Sunday as they set fire to fuel tankers during a protest over the alleged killing of civilians in a military raid, officials said.

Provincial police chief for Logar Colonel Ghulam Mustafa, said US and Afghan troops had raided a compound overnight, in which three men believed to be terrorists were killed. The troops captured several armed men and seized ammunition, Mustafa said, leading them to believe the people in the compound were terrorists.
Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-26
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