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Blast Kills 2 Civilians in Eastern Afghanistan

   VOA News 19 August 2010

   NATO  says two civilians have been killed in a fuel truck explosion in
   eastern Afghanistan.
   Thursday's  blast  in  Nangarhar  province also wounded at least three
   people and damaged shops and vehicles nearby.
   NATO  says  the  explosion  was  likely  triggered  by  an  improvised
   explosive device.
   In  Logar  province,  NATO  said  coalition  forces  killed 12 Taliban
   insurgents, including a commander during an operation on Wednesday.
   Another  NATO  operation  in  Kunar province killed three insurgents.Â
   NATO  said Afghan and coalition forces were pursuing commanders of the
   insurgent  group  Jama'at  ul  Dawa  al-Qu'ran.  It says the group is
   linked to attacks that killed two U.S. service members.
   And  the  alliance  says eight coalition members were injured Thursday
   after  a  NATO helicopter made a hard landing in the southern province
   of  Kandahar.   NATO  says based on initial reports, the incident was
   not a result of enemy fire.

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

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