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Blast kills 14 Afghan civilians
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December 31, 2010, Friday
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A ROADSIDE bomb blew up a van in Afghanistan's south yesterday, killing 14 civilians, including women and children, and wounding several others, officials said.
Roadside and other bombs are by far the most lethal weapons deployed by Taliban insurgents and are responsible for most of the war casualties suffered among Afghan security forces, foreign soldiers and civilians.
The incident occurred in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of southern Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold and one of the country's most dangerous provinces, said provincial governor spokesman Dawood Ahmadi.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said in a statement that Afghan and foreign troops provided medical assistance at the scene and evacuated the wounded.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack and said that people who planted bombs on roads frequently used by civilians were "brutal and ignorant terrorists who are enemies of Islam and innocent Afghans."
Violence is at its worst in Afghanistan since US-backed Afghan soldiers ousted the Taliban in 2001, with record deaths on all sides of the near-decade long conflict. The number of foreign troops killed this year has passed 700.
Roadside and other bombs are by far the most lethal weapons deployed by Taliban insurgents and are responsible for most of the war casualties suffered among Afghan security forces, foreign soldiers and civilians.
The incident occurred in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of southern Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold and one of the country's most dangerous provinces, said provincial governor spokesman Dawood Ahmadi.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said in a statement that Afghan and foreign troops provided medical assistance at the scene and evacuated the wounded.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the attack and said that people who planted bombs on roads frequently used by civilians were "brutal and ignorant terrorists who are enemies of Islam and innocent Afghans."
Violence is at its worst in Afghanistan since US-backed Afghan soldiers ousted the Taliban in 2001, with record deaths on all sides of the near-decade long conflict. The number of foreign troops killed this year has passed 700.
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