Afghan officials say Taleban insurgents have killed about 30 people who were travelling on buses in the southern province of Kandahar.
Taleban insurgents have killed at least 27 people travelling on buses in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.
A Taleban spokesman said the victims had been identified as soldiers, but the authorities denied this.
A Taleban spokesman said that all those killed in the attacks on three buses were Afghan government soldiers, but officials said they were civilians.
The killings occurred on Thursday but the bodies have only just been found, dumped over a wide area.
The attacks happened on Thursday but the bodies have only just been found, dumped over a wide area.
A village elder near the scene of the attack said that a number of the men had been beheaded.
A number of the men were beheaded, a village elder near the scene of the attacks said.
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A Taleban spokesman said its fighters had boarded the buses travelling on the province's main highway, removed men identified as soldiers and shot them.
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Afghan officials said all the victims were civilians as soldiers travel in military convoys or by plane.
Kandahar province has seen fierce fighting in recent months.
The Afghan army and international forces are fighting a counter-insurgency campaign against anti-government forces in the south of the country, the BBC's Martin Patience reports from the capital, Kabul.
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