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Roadside Bomb Kills 11 Afghan Civilians
[An Nahar] At least 11 non-combatants were killed when a roadside kaboom destroyed their vehicle in the restive southern Afghan province of Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , officials said Saturday. The blast occurred when the passengers were travelling from remote Nawa district to the thriving provincial capital Lashkar Gah on Friday, government front man Omar Zhwak told AFP. "The blast was powerful and all those on board the van were killed," Zhwak said, adding that officials were trying to determine whether any women or children were among the victims. Helmand police chief Agha Noor Kentoz blamed the Taliban for the blast, saying the road had been mined to target Afghan cops who frequently use it. The Taliban were not immediately reachable for comment, but roadside kabooms have been the murderous Moslems' weapon of choice in their war against foreign and Afghan cops. The bombs also increasingly kill and wound civilians. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-16 |
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