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15:14, February 26, 2008 |
Four police and a child were killed as a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern khost province Tuesday, an official at the Interior Ministry said.
"It was at around 08:30 a.m. local time when a mine planted byenemies hit the vehicle of police killing all its five occupants in Yaqubi district,"the official told Xinhua but refused to be identified, adding a press release would soon be released.
However, he added that the victims include four policemen and one child accompanied his father at the van.
He blamed the enemies of peace a termed used against Taliban for the incident.
Taliban insurgents who are fighting government have yet to make comment.
Conflicts and Taliban-related insurgency left more than 6,000 people dead in 2007.
Source: Xinhua
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