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Friday, October 28, 2011

Afghan officials: truck bomb kills 5, wounds 45

Asia

Author / source: independent online/ap

KABUL, Afghanistan: A bomb which exploded hiding in a fuel truck into a centre of the province, gathered as dozens of people around the vehicle to collect fuel, which was leaking to kill at least five years in an explosion, which devastated a time of relative calm in the nation war battered officials said Wednesday.

The explosion at 20 Tuesday, took place in Parwan Province, about 25 miles (40 km) North of the capital Kabul. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the explosion is the first major attack since an attack on the US Embassy in Kabul last month.

Dozens gathered had fuel to collect the fuel truck, which was leaking Kabir Ahmad, said District Chief Parwan Province Bagram district. Suddenly exploded the truck, said he.

At least three people were killed at the scene, said hospital Khalil Farhangi, Chief of the province.

Kabir Amiri, which hospitals directs all Kabul, said 47 people were injured and two of them died, increase the death of toll to five so far. He said that at least 10 people suffered burns.

Spectacular attacks in Kabul have the al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked Haqqani network, which operates from Pakistan, for many of the most recent and have been blamed.

The United States and Afghanistan have asked Pakistan, do more, to purely or the network to combat, and earlier in this month, NATO launched a major operation, the tens of thousands of coalition and Afghan national army to target insurgents on Afghanistan eastern border with Pakistan.


Source: theindependentbd.com


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