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2 civilians killed in suicide bombing in Afghanistan

Other News Materials 23 June 2009 11:42 (UTC +04:00)

A suicide car bombing against international troops in southern Afghan province of Ghazni claimed the lives of two civilians on Tuesday morning, provincial administration spokesman said, Xinhua reported.
  
"It occurred at 09:00 a.m. local time when a man, driving explosive -laden car, exploded himself next to a convoy of international troops in Hashrd area, outskirts of provincial capital Ghazni city,"Ismail Jahangir told Xinhua.
  
Jahangir said two civilians nearby were killed in the blast.
  
However, he said it was not clear if there were causalities on U.S. troops, belonging to Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).
  
Meantime, Taliban's purported spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, in talks with media through cell phone from unknown location, claimed responsibility for the attack but failed to say whether his men inflicted any casualties on military convoy.
  
Taliban-link insurgency and violence, mostly in southern and eastern region, is sharply going up in the country, as dozens people were killed and injured in a single day on Monday.

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