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Afghanistan
Six children die in Afghan bomb blast
2012-01-07
[Dawn] At least six children and one man were killed when a bomb planted in a garbage bin went kaboom! Friday in Tirin Kot, capital of Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan, police said.

Four other children who were playing nearby were maimed, said front man Fardi Ayel.

"At around 3:00 pm today there was an kaboom in Tirin Kot city, initial information we have is that six children and one man have been killed," he said.

There was no obvious target for the bombing, although the home of a local police commander was nearby, he said.

Earlier in a day of violence in the war-weary country five NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization....
soldiers were killed in two roadside kaboom blasts, also in southern Afghanistan.
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