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Five Afghan civilians killed in explosions
Mar 7, 2010, 9:22 GMT
Kabul - Five civilians, including two children, were killed in separate roadside bomb explosions in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the Afghan Interior Ministry said Sunday.
Two children were killed and two others were wounded in blast that was triggered by explosives hidden in a bag placed near an irrigation canal in the southern city of Kandahar on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement.
Another civilian was killed in the neighbouring province of Helmand when a roadside bomb struck a NATO military convoy in Baba Jee area of Nahr Saraj district on Saturday, the statement said.
Also on Saturday, two more civilians were killed in the eastern province of Laghman when their motorbike was blown up by a roadside mine, a separate police statement said.
The ministry blamed the 'enemies of Afghanistan,' a common phrase used by Afghan officials to describe Taliban insurgents, for the blasts.
Taliban militants, who were driven from power some eight years ago in a US-led invasion, rely heavily on roadside bombings as part of their insurgency against the Afghan government and NATO-led international forces in the country.
Most of the nearly 520 NATO soldiers who died in Afghanistan last year were killed by roadside attacks, according to NATO military.
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