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Roadside Bomb Kills 12 Civilians in Afghanistan

   VOA News 28 April 2010
   Afghans  inspect  the  site  of  a  bombing attack near Kandahar city,
   Afghanistan, 28 Apr 2010

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   Afghans  inspect  the  site  of  a  bombing attack near Kandahar city,
   Afghanistan, 28 Apr 2010

   At  least 12 civilians, including women and children, have been killed
   by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan.

   Local  officials  said  the improvised bomb struck a passenger vehicle
   Wednesday in the Tani district of Khost province.

   In  southern  Afghanistan,  officials  say  a tribal leader was killed
   Wednesday in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province.

   The attack is the latest sign of deteriorating security in the region.
   On Tuesday, a suicide bombing near Kandahar city killed at least three
   people.

   Kandahar  is  the  birthplace of the Taliban and the site of a planned
   offensive  by  Afghan  and  NATO  forces  to clear the city of Taliban
   insurgents.

   The  U.N.  announced  Monday  it  was  temporarily  moving some of its
   foreign  staff  from  Kandahar  to  Kabul. It also asked more than 200
   Afghan personnel in Kandahar to stay home.

   Elsewhere  in  southern  Afghanistan,  NATO  says  a  joint Afghan and
   international  patrol  confiscated  more  than  2,000 kilograms of raw
   opium  from  a  vehicle  in  the Reg-e Khan Heshin district of Helmand
   province Wednesday.

   The  production  and  trafficking  of  opium  helps  fund  the Taliban
   insurgency.

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