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Helmand market bomb 'kills eight' Helmand market bomb 'kills eight'
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A car bomb attack has killed at least eight people in a farmers' market in southern Afghanistan, police say. A car bomb attack has killed at least eight people at a farmers' market in southern Afghanistan, police say.
They say the bomb in Gereshk district of Helmand province also wounded 17 people, including five children.They say the bomb in Gereshk district of Helmand province also wounded 17 people, including five children.
Officials say that the bomb went off in a crowded part of the market. They have blamed the Taleban for the attack. The bomb was left in an abandoned vehicle, police said. The Taleban has been blamed for the attack.
Nato troops clash daily with Taleban insurgents in Helmand, which is at the centre of their insurgency and grows half the country's opium poppies. Nato troops frequently clash with the Taleban in Helmand - an opium production centre and insurgent stronghold.
Helmand police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal accused the Taleban of targeting civilians to "create fear in the people".
He told the Associated Press news agency that there were no security forces in the area at the time of the explosion.
Correspondents say that the Taleban frequently target Afghan and international security forces, but this year they have increased their attacks on civilians as well.