Afghan blast kills scores
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OluÅŸturulma Tarihi: Temmuz 10, 2009 00:00
KABUL - A massive bomb blast Thursday in central Afghanistan killed 25 people including 13 primary school students, destroying shops and scattering pieces of the vehicle that carried the explosives over a huge area, police said. Another bombing in the south killed two NATO soldiers.
The central Afghanistan bomb was detonated in an overturned truck carrying timber, killing 21 civilians and four policemen in Logar province, south of Kabul, ministry spokesman Zemerai Bashary said. At least 13 of those killed were children from nearby schools, said Kamaluddin Zadran, a provincial official. Another two children were wounded and three others are still missing.
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Provincial police chief Mustafa Khan said the truck had overturned late Wednesday as it traveled the main road from Logar to Kabul. After police arrived to clear the road on Thursday morning, militants apparently remotely detonated a bomb planted in the back of the truck among the timber, he said.
The power of the blast in Mohammad Agha district, close to shops that collect milk from farmers, sent truck pieces flying more than 2 kilometers, said a second police official. The Associated Press Television News footage from showed the explosion left a huge crater in the road. People collected the remains of the dead, wrapping them in shrouds.
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Provincial police chief Mustafa Khan said the truck had overturned late Wednesday as it traveled the main road from Logar to Kabul. After police arrived to clear the road on Thursday morning, militants apparently remotely detonated a bomb planted in the back of the truck among the timber, he said.
The power of the blast in Mohammad Agha district, close to shops that collect milk from farmers, sent truck pieces flying more than 2 kilometers, said a second police official. The Associated Press Television News footage from showed the explosion left a huge crater in the road. People collected the remains of the dead, wrapping them in shrouds.