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Roadside bomb kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan

Other News Materials 25 May 2009 17:24 (UTC +04:00)

A roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan killed four civilians while an operation by U.S.-led forces left three people dead and a woman and child wounded on Monday, AP reported.

The bomb struck the civilian's vehicle and also wounded three civilians inside in Zabul province, said Jalani Khan, a provincial police official. He blamed the Taliban for planting the bomb.

Separately, U.S.-led troops killed three men and wounded a woman and a child during a raid against a Taliban commander in southern Helmand province Monday, the force said in a statement. It did not say whether the men were armed militants or civilians.

The wounded woman and child were transported to a coalition hospital for treatment.

Southern Afghanistan is the center of the Taliban-led insurgency. President Barack Obama has ordered 21,000 new American troops into Afghanistan, hoping to reverse Taliban gains.

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