Suicide bomb hits southern Afghanistan town, 18 killed: police

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A suicide attack near a government office and a mosque in the southern Afghanistan town of Lashkar Gah killed 18 people, most of them civilians, police said.

"It was a suicide attack. Eighteen people were killed and 18 wounded," General Mohammad Nabi Mullahkhail told AFP. "Three of the dead were policemen," he said on Tuesday

link; http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060926/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestsuicide_060926054242

BBC:Twelve killed in Afghan explosion

At least 12 people have been killed in an explosion outside a government office in southern Afghanistan, the police said.
A suicide bomber was suspected to have triggered the blast in the town of Lashkar Gah, policeman Mohammed Ayoub told Reuters news agency.

Separately, a bomb has struck a convoy of Nato-led troops in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman said.

He said "some soldiers and civilians" had been wounded in the blast.

It was unclear whether the explosion in Kabul was caused by a roadside bomb or a suicide attack.

more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5380376.stm

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