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| Afghan Blast Kills One, Wounds 34 |
| 2009-07-08 |
| [Quqnoos] A powerful blast that shocked a town in eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, left one dead and at least 34 wounded. The incident occurred at around 10.30 am in a vegetable market in the Afghan eastern city of Khost, near the Pakistani border. The bomb, reportedly an improvised explosive device (IED) went off when a crew of policemen were shopping in the market, Afghan Interior Ministry noted in a statement. Four Afghan border police are among the wounded locals. "Unknown men threw a hand grenade to a crowd of civilians in the bazaar," said, a spokesman for the provincial government, Kochi Naseri. A doctor at the provincial health department confirmed that 28 wounded people including four policemen and a school teacher have been taken to a hospital that according to him, they are not in critical health condition. The area is cordoned off by the police and primary investigations have begun on the incident. No groups, including Taliban have yet claimed responsibility for the attack that mainly harmed ordinary Afghans. Khost is known as the centre of a militant group, Haqqani, a close ally of the Taliban who fight against NATO-led international and Afghan troops. |
| Posted by:Fred |