Wednesday, March 25, 2009

When the bus bombing in Afghanistan killed seven people.

Seven people were killed and nine were wounded in an explosion on a minibus in eastern Afghanistan province of Khost. As reported by AFP, the bomb was laid by the roadside. The dead and wounded, according to this information - civilians.
Among the dead was a woman. According to the Interior Ministry, which quoted the agency, the bomb was improvised.
Khost Province is located on the border with Pakistan. In this area, often clashes between militants and U.S. forces. Militants the Taliban and other groups are laying improvised explosive devices from roads to destroy equipment and soldiers, foreign troops and the Afghan government, but the victims of explosions more likely to be civilians. According to NATO, which leads Associated Press, the number of terrorist attacks using roadside bombs planted in 2008, grew up in Afghanistan by 30 percent.

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