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Roadside bombs kill Afghan policeman, two children
Mar 25, 2011, 7:34 GMT
Kabul - A roadside bomb killed two children Friday in eastern Afghanistan while a similar attack killed a police officer in the north, officials said.
One more child was injured in the attack in the east, which took place in the Behsood district of Nangarhar province, said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor.
The explosives were hidden in garbage near a main road frequented by Afghan and foreign troops, he said, adding that an investigation was under way.
Also on Friday, a joint Afghan and German military patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in the Chardarah district of Kunduz province, said Gholam Muhaiyuddin, the district police chief.
'One policeman was killed and a police vehicle was destroyed in the attack, but there were no other casualties among the Afghan or foreign forces,' he said.
No group immediately took responsibility for Friday's bombings, but the attacks bore the hallmark of Taliban militants. The militants have relied heavily on roadside bombs as part of their nine-year war.
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