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Three ISAF soldiers among 14 killed in Afghan violence

KABUL, Dec 16 (KUNA) -- Three international soldiers, five Afghan policemen and six civilians have been killed in separate incidents of violence in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. Two soldiers of the British troops were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the NATO-led ISAF press said on Wednesday. Another soldiers from Estonia killed in a separate roadside bomb attack in the same southern zone. Exact location of the blasts were not revealed but more than 9,000 British troops are stationed in Helmand province. In the western province of Herat, five policemen were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside landmine on Tuesday night. Officials said the attack was carried out in the remote Rabat Sangin district late last night. Chief of the district Ghulam Farouq confirmed the blast and casualties but there is no claim of responsibility from any group or individual so far. Six more people, all of them civilians, were killed in the country's eastern province of Nangarhar as armed men opened fire at their vehicle on Tuesday night. Officials in Jalalabad, capital of the province, said the incident happened in Pacheeragam district last night. Police headquarters confirmed the incident and said the attack was the result of some personal enmity. In the country's central province of Maidan Wardak, the Afghan and international troops arrested two Taliban commanders during a raid. "These commanders are involved with IED (improvised explosive device) activity and responsible for several attacks in the area," said a statement from ISAF headquarters here. (end) gk.bz.
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