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'Five killed' in Kandahar bombing | 'Five killed' in Kandahar bombing |
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Five people have been killed after a roadside bomb blew up a United Nations vehicle in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, police say. | Five people have been killed after a roadside bomb blew up a United Nations vehicle in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, police say. |
Four of the dead are reported to be Nepalese UN workers, the fifth an Afghan driver. | Four of the dead are reported to be Nepalese UN workers, the fifth an Afghan driver. |
Kandahar has seen an increasing number of attacks by the Taleban. No group has so far said it carried out the bombing. | Kandahar has seen an increasing number of attacks by the Taleban. No group has so far said it carried out the bombing. |
UN officials confirmed there had been a bombing involving a UN vehicle as it was returning to base in Kandahar. | UN officials confirmed there had been a bombing involving a UN vehicle as it was returning to base in Kandahar. |
Police cordoned off the site of the blast, where reporters described a scene of carnage. | Police cordoned off the site of the blast, where reporters described a scene of carnage. |
"Four Nepalis and one Afghan have been killed," Kandahar's provincial police chief Esmatullah Alizai told reporters. | |
Meanwhile, a separate blast at a school in the western city of Herat left at least four children dead and five others wounded, police said. | Meanwhile, a separate blast at a school in the western city of Herat left at least four children dead and five others wounded, police said. |
The blast was thought to have been caused by old ammunition buried in the grounds of the school, which had previously served as a military barracks. | The blast was thought to have been caused by old ammunition buried in the grounds of the school, which had previously served as a military barracks. |
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