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Afghanistan
Bomb Blast Shakes Herat Bazaar
2012-08-16
[Tolo News] A bomb said to be placed in a bicycle went kaboom! at approximately 3 p.m. in Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
city in a crowded bazaar, authorities said.

Local hospital officials told TOLOnews that at least one person was killed and 18 others were maimed.

No group has claimed the responsibility for the blast.

Isaf has recently said that Death Eater attacks during the month of Ramadan were increased due to lack of poppy cultivation
Yesterday, three suicide kabooms targeted a civilian hospital and a crowded bazaar in southwestern Nimroz province killing as many as 29 people and injuring 110 others. The Nimroz blast is the deadliest this year.

Another suicide attack in Kunduz killed 18 civilians, the majority including women and kiddies. The incident occurred in the Archi district of northern Kunduz province as the explosives packed inside a cycle of violence blew up.

No group, including the Taliban, has claimed the responsibility for these attacks.

The deadly incident on civilians comes a week after the United Nations
...an organization whose definition of human rights is interesting, to say the least...
released a report showing a 15 per cent decrease in the number of civilian casualties in the first half of 2012.

Isaf has recently said that Death Eater attacks during the month of Ramadan were increased due to lack of poppy cultivation.
As it is said, idle hands are the Devil's playground.
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