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Five civilians killed in Afghan explosion
Aug 22, 2011, 8:57 GMT
Kabul - Five Afghan civilians were killed Monday in an explosion in the southern province of Helmand, a local official said.
'Five innocent countrymen were martyred and four others were injured Monday morning when a hidden explosive device went off in a vegetable market in Grishq district of Helmand,' the provincial governor's office said.
On Sunday, police killed a Taliban deputy commander on the outskirts of nearby Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital, it said.
Lashkar Gah is one of the first seven areas in Afghanistan where local authorities have taken responsibility for security from international forces.
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