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Bombs kill 14 civilians in southern Afghanistan

Other News Materials 13 August 2009 11:17 (UTC +04:00)

Officials say separate roadside blasts in southern Afghanistan have killed 14 civilians, including three children, reported AP.

Daud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Helmand provincial government, says 11 civilians were killed Wednesday after their van hit a bomb in the Gereshk district of the province.

Ahmadi blamed the Taliban for planting the bomb.

Mohammad Shah Khan, a police official, says three children died after a bomb they found exploded while they were playing with it on a road west of Kandahar's capital.

Taliban regularly plant roadside bombs to attack Afghan and foreign troops but most victims of such attacks have been civilians.

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