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'Car bomb' detonated in Kandahar | 'Car bomb' detonated in Kandahar |
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A remote-controlled car bomb has gone off in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar and killed at least one person, police say. | A remote-controlled car bomb has gone off in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar and killed at least one person, police say. |
They say that they were targeted in the blast, which also injured three people. | They say that they were targeted in the blast, which also injured three people. |
The blast is the third attack in Kandahar province in as many days. On Monday a blast in Spin Boldak town killed at least 35 people. | |
A bomber in Kandahar city on Sunday killed more than 100 people - the country's bloodiest attack since 2001. | A bomber in Kandahar city on Sunday killed more than 100 people - the country's bloodiest attack since 2001. |
Nato troops in Afghanistan have been battling a resurgent Taleban militia in the province. | |
'Heartbreak' | |
Presidential spokesman Homayun Hamidzada said there was a pattern to the attacks, and the perpetrators were becoming "desperate and increasingly attacking soft targets". | |
The Taleban retain a strong presence in Kandahar | |
"It shows the weakness of the enemies of Afghanistan that they resort to inhuman, purely terroristic measures to show their real face," he said. | |
The Kandahar office of the country's main human rights group, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, has meanwhile called for an end to attacks on civilians. | |
"The regional human rights office calls on both parties involved in conflict to respect the human rights of the residents," it said in a statement. |
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