Afghanistan attacks leave 25 dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/8032397.stm Version 0 of 1. Bomb attacks in two Afghanistan provinces have left at least 25 people dead, officials say. In the southern province of Zabul, a roadside bomb killed 12 civilians, mainly women and children. A separate ambush killed six security workers. In Laghman, an eastern province, seven people including a mayor, bodyguards and villagers were killed by a suicide bomber, the interior ministry said. Officials said a 14-year-old boy detonated explosives strapped to him. The office of the governor of Laghman said 10 people were also wounded, including three women, in the attack outside a municipal administration building, Reuters news agency reported. Police in Zabul said Taleban militants killed the security workers at a construction site, with two civilians also dying. |