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March 13, 2007

String of Suicide Attacks Kill At Least 3 in Southern Afghanistan
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officials believe first attack aimed at passing NATO convoy Police in
southern Afghanistan say a string of suicide attacks has killed at
least three civilians and wounded 12 other people.

The deadliest attack occurred in the border town of Spin Boldak in
Kandahar province.

A border police commander, General Abdul Raziq Khan, says three
civilians were killed and eight injured when a bomber blew himself up
in a crowd of people at a border checkpoint Tuesday.

Separately, suicide bombers killed themselves but no others in two
attacks in Lashkar Gah in southern Helmand province.

Officials believe the first attack, which left two people injured, was
aimed at a passing NATO convoy. The second attack injured two soldiers
near an Afghan army compound.

NATO forces last week began an offensive against Taleban insurgents in
Helmand province in anticipation of increasing attacks as the weather
improves.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.




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