Bomber kills 10, wounds dozens in Afghanistan

Source: Reuters

KABUL, May 20 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians and wounded at least 30 others in the southern Afghan province of Paktia on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said.

Paktia governor Rahmatullah Rahmat said the bomber struck as a convoy of foreign forces was passing through a street market in the city of Gardez, about 100 km (60 miles) south of the capital Kabul.

A spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force, which leads thousands of foreign troops in the country, said there were casualties among its forces at the scene but no deaths.

"Unfortunately we have a report today that at 9:40 a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Gardez roundabout," an Interior Ministry statement said. "Ten civilians were martyred and about 30 others were wounded."

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Source: ap

Suicide bomber kills 14 in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAEIZ, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago

GARDEZ, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber on foot detonated himself in a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday just after a U.S. convoy drove by, killing at least 14 people and wounding 31, officials and witnesses said.


The attack in the city of Gardez damaged around 30 shops, shattered windows and destroyed the stores closest to the explosion. Three vehicles were damaged, including a taxi blasted by dozens of pieces of shrapnel.

Witnesses said a U.S. convoy appeared to be the target, and Maj. William Mitchell, a spokesman for
NATO's International Security Assistance Force, said there were initial reports of injuries to ISAF soldiers, though he didn't have further details.

Six people died at the scene of the blast, police said. Another eight later died at a hospital, said Ghulam Hazrat Majedi, the doctor in charge of the Gardez hospital. He said two of the 31 people injured were in a critical condition.

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25 Suspected Taliban Killed in Afghanistan

By RAHIM FAIEZ
The Associated Press
Monday, May 21, 2007; 2:53 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents ambushed a U.S.-led
coalition and Afghan patrol in the volatile south, sparking
a battle and airstrikes that killed 25 suspected insurgents,
officials said Monday.

The coalition said the joint forces were attacked while on a
patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand province on Sunday.
An estimated 50 Taliban reinforcement fighters came by foot
and boat along the Helmand River from surrounding areas,
the coalition said in a statement.

Coalition airstrikes bombed seven compounds, resulting in
three secondary explosions from suspected weapons caches,
it said. It said there were "several" confirmed militant deaths
during the 14-hour battle and no reports of civilian injuries.

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On Sunday, a suicide bomber walked into a crowded market
in the eastern city of Gardez and blew himself up, killing 14
people and wounding 31, officials and witnesses said.

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