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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan Blast Kills Two Civilians |
| 2009-07-30 |
| [Quqnoos] At least two Afghan civilians were killed as a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in Kandahar on Wednesday. According to a statement of the Afghan Interior Ministry, the incident occurred at about 8:00am in the restive district of Zeray, nearby the provincial capital, Kandahar city. "The roadside bomb was reportedly planted last night and it hit a civilian mini-bus today while heading to the neighbouring Helmand province," Zeray district governor, Neyaz Mohammad Sarhadi told Quqnoos. No groups, including the Taliban, have claimed responsibility for the attack as Taliban insurgents were blamed for many bomb blasts, targeted military personnel or Afghan civilians. Quqnoos' Mohammad Masumi in Kandahar province, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban, said that Zeray is a stronghold of the insurgents, located approximately 30 km west of Kandahar city. The Zeray incident took place a day after a similar bomb blast in the neighbouring Helmand province killed at least eight security guards and wounded four others. The bomb struck two vehicles of a private security company in Giriskh, a remote district in Helmand province, where 4,000 US Marines have been carrying out a major offensive against Taliban militants over the past few weeks. |
| Posted by:Fred |