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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
  • Gulf News

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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