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KABUL, Sept 19 (KUNA) -- Seven Afghan civilians, including two children,
were killed in separate incidents in northern and western Afghanistan in the
past 24 hours, officials said.
In the first incident, two children were killed and three other people
wounded in a premature suicide bomb attack in Herat province of the country.
Police office Ikramuddin Yawar said the blast took place close to a market
area on Saturday morning. He said there were no security personnel. The bomber
body was blown to pieces and it was chared beyond recognition, said the
officer.
Separately, five civilians were killed in firing incident in the northern
province of Jawzjan on Friday night.
A statement from the Interior Ministry on Saturday said the attackers were
yet to be identified. It said the armed men opened fire at a crowd of people
killing five of them.
It is not known if the attack was carried out by militants or the result of
some tribal or family feud. No group has so far claimed responsibility. All
those killed in the attack were common citizen.
Six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians were killed in a car bomb
attack at ISAF convoy in Kabul on Thursday. Just a day after the blast,
reports suggested that the Italian government had decided to withdraw 500
troops from Afghanistan.(end)
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