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| Afghanistan: Suicide Attack In East Kills At Least Three |
| 2007-05-11 |
| (AKI) - A suicide bomb attack on a market in the eastern Afghan town of Barmal near the Pakistani border on Thursday killed at least three civilians, Afghan news agency Pajhwok reported. Seven people were seriously injured in the attack, claimed by the Taliban, who said its target was a nearby US military base. Barmal is in Paktika province. The bomber detonated himself in the market after he failed to reach the military base, district chief Azizullah Hayayee was quoted as saying. NATO released a statement on 11 January saying that they had killed 150 Taliban fighters in a military operation that day in Paktika province. NATO said the fighters had entered Afghanistan from Pakistan. The Taliban claimed the 150 people killed in the NATO raid were civilians who had been trying to cross the border. Over 1,200 people, mostly Taliban militants, have been killed in Afghanistan this year amid a mounting Taliban-linked insurgency. |
| Posted by:Fred |