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Suicide blast kills 10 Afghan civilians: police
A suicide attack aimed at a Nato convoy killed 10 Afghan civilians on Friday in the southern province of Helmand on Friday, the provincial police chief said.
- Reuters
- Published: 10:01 June 20, 2008
Kandahar: A suicide attack aimed at a Nato convoy killed 10 Afghan civilians on Friday in the southern province of Helmand on Friday, the provincial police chief said.
"The civilians were killed in Girishk district when a suicide bomber attacked a foreign forces convoy," Hussein Andiwal said.
There is no word on any military casualties in the latest attack.
Helmand has seen some of the worst violence of the Taleban-led insurgency.
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