Bombings kill at least 20 in Afghanistan
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November 9, 2012, Friday
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ROADSIDE bombs and a suicide bomber killed at least 20 people in a spate of attacks across Afghanistan yesterday.
The deaths came even as armed clashes between insurgents and Afghan security forces have decreased as the fighting season winds down with the advent of cooler weather in the mountainous nation.
In one of the attacks, 10 civilians, including a child and four men, died as their vehicle struck a land mine in southern Helmand province. Seven other people in the group, which was heading to a wedding, were wounded in the blast, police said.
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up amid a police patrol in the southern city of Kandahar, killing the three policemen and wounding two.
And five troops died when their convoy hit a land mine in eastern Laghman province.
Also yesterday, two boys were killed by a roadside bomb in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. Police said the device had probably been planted by insurgents targeting police officers patrolling the area.
Insurgents have been increasingly targeting Afghan authorities and security forces now that NATO is drawing down toward a final withdrawal of foreign combat troops in 2014.
The deaths came even as armed clashes between insurgents and Afghan security forces have decreased as the fighting season winds down with the advent of cooler weather in the mountainous nation.
In one of the attacks, 10 civilians, including a child and four men, died as their vehicle struck a land mine in southern Helmand province. Seven other people in the group, which was heading to a wedding, were wounded in the blast, police said.
A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up amid a police patrol in the southern city of Kandahar, killing the three policemen and wounding two.
And five troops died when their convoy hit a land mine in eastern Laghman province.
Also yesterday, two boys were killed by a roadside bomb in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. Police said the device had probably been planted by insurgents targeting police officers patrolling the area.
Insurgents have been increasingly targeting Afghan authorities and security forces now that NATO is drawing down toward a final withdrawal of foreign combat troops in 2014.
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