Date : 16/05/2009
KABUL, May 16 (KUNA) -- Three Afghan civilians were killed in a rocket
attack on Khost City, capital of Khost Province in the southeastern zone of
Afghanistan, along the border with the troubled Waziristan region of
neighboring Pakistan.
Four rockets landed on the city before dawn on Saturday killing three
civilians and damaging some residential buildings, said locals and police
officials. Five more people, all civilians, suffered injuries, they added.
Police Chief of Khost Province Abdul Qayum Baqzoi confirmed the rocket
attack and the civilian casualties. He added that more rockets were also fired
on the city, but landed in uninhabited areas.
This comes just days after three serial suicide attacks in the same city on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
Afghan and US officials say only civilians were killed in the said suicide
attacks.(end)
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