Afghan bombing kills 10, official escapes attack
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May 25, 2011, Wednesday
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A ROADSIDE bomb tore through a truck with workers in the restive Kandahar province yesterday, killing 10 and wounding 28 as they were being driven to work to clean streams in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
Also yesterday, an Afghan deputy intelligence chief escaped an attempted suicide bombing in the nation's capital, an attack that was immediately claimed by the Taliban, while NATO said insurgents had killed another service member.
NATO also acknowledged yesterday that soldiers shot dead an Afghan holding a flashlight during a raid, something that could add to the growing anti-foreigner sentiment in Afghanistan after nearly a decade of war. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the roadside bombing in Kandahar, which has seen a rise in incidents in recent days as Taliban fighters try to retake territory lost in the past year.
The workers on the truck were employed by the local government in the region to clean rivers and streams there, according to Dr Qayoum Pakhla, the director of Kandahar Hospital.
"I could see people calling for help and crying," said one of the survivors, Sabdullah. "I saw some of my friends' dead bodies. I was helpless at that moment." The growing number of attacks in the insurgents' spring offensive come as NATO and the United States hope to begin relinquishing control of security to the Afghan military through the end of 2014. The United States will begin its withdrawal in July.
Also yesterday, an Afghan deputy intelligence chief escaped an attempted suicide bombing in the nation's capital, an attack that was immediately claimed by the Taliban, while NATO said insurgents had killed another service member.
NATO also acknowledged yesterday that soldiers shot dead an Afghan holding a flashlight during a raid, something that could add to the growing anti-foreigner sentiment in Afghanistan after nearly a decade of war. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the roadside bombing in Kandahar, which has seen a rise in incidents in recent days as Taliban fighters try to retake territory lost in the past year.
The workers on the truck were employed by the local government in the region to clean rivers and streams there, according to Dr Qayoum Pakhla, the director of Kandahar Hospital.
"I could see people calling for help and crying," said one of the survivors, Sabdullah. "I saw some of my friends' dead bodies. I was helpless at that moment." The growing number of attacks in the insurgents' spring offensive come as NATO and the United States hope to begin relinquishing control of security to the Afghan military through the end of 2014. The United States will begin its withdrawal in July.
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