Afghans blame U.S. troops for bomb deaths

Protesters burn an effigy of President Barack Obama during a protest Jan. 7 in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.


Afghans blame U.S. troops for bomb deaths
By Amir Shah - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 7, 2010 15:21:32 EST

KABUL — A suicide bomber killed seven people at a busy bazaar in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, and a bomb hidden in a garbage container outside a provincial governor’s compound slightly wounded the official, authorities said.

The attacks were in Paktia and Khost provinces, both of which border Pakistan and suffer frequent violence as insurgents gain momentum in their fight against Afghan and international troops.

In Gardez, the capital of Paktia province to the south, a suicide bomber on foot blew himself up in a bazaar near a six-vehicle convoy of security workers, said Deputy Gov. Abdul Rahman Mangal. He said seven people were killed, including the commander of Afghan security guards at a base for a provincial reconstruction team in Logar province. Another 24 were wounded, he said.

Such teams are joint civilian-military units that secure and develop areas of Afghanistan.

In Khost, Gov. Tahr Khan Sabari was cut by glass from windows shattered in the blast but not seriously injured, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary told The Associated Press. Sabari’s spokesman Arifullah Pashton said five other people, including two journalists who were meeting with the governor, also were slightly wounded.


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