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| Afghanistan |
| Bomb hits Afghan bus, kills nine |
| 2013-04-09 |
| GHAZNI: A roadside bomb exploded under an Afghan bus southwest of Kabul on Monday, killing nine people and wounding at least 22 others in an attack blamed on Taliban militants, officials said. “Today at around 8:00 am an IED (improvised explosive device) hit a bus,” Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman in Wardak province, told AFP. “At least 22 people are wounded and nine others, including a woman, are dead.” Khogyani said the Taliban, who have been fighting for 11 years against the US-backed Kabul government, were behind the attack. The bus was a government service making daily trips between the capital Kabul and Ghazni, the neighbouring province further to the southwest. “I helped evacuate several dead and wounded. There were lots of people in the bus. Only a few survived unhurt, others were killed and wounded,” witness Mohammad Sarwar told AFP by telephone. Ghulam Farouq Wardak, the public health director of the province, confirmed that nine people had died and said there were three children among the wounded. Several of those taken for medical treatment were described as in a critical condition. Wardak is a Taliban hotbed close to Kabul and seen as a key strategic battleground in the fight against the Islamist extremists. |
| Posted by:Steve White |