12 Afghanis Killed in 3 War Attacks, June 22, 2009

12 Afghanis Killed in 3 War Attacks

June 22, 2009

Suicide bomber kills 6 civilians in Afghanistan

By Amir Shah, Associated Press Writer

June 22, 2009

KABUL –

A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed six civilians Monday when he drove into the center of an eastern Afghan city and set off explosives.

It was unclear who the bomber was targeting when he detonated a bomb on his motorbike in front of Khost city's electric power headquarters and then explosives on his body a few minutes later, said Kuchi Naseri, a spokesman for the governor of Khost province.

There were no military or police nearby, Naseri said, but added the later blast may have been planned to hit police or officials rushing to the scene. Another 30 people in the area were wounded, he said.

In southern Kandahar province, meanwhile, another suicide bomber killed three Afghan soldiers in an attack on a convoy of troops inspecting a highway bridge for explosives. The attacker drove a car into the convoy and it exploded, said Zadi district Police Chief Niaz Mohammad Serhadi.

Serhadi said two civilians were also wounded in the blast, along with five other soldiers.

In eastern Nangarhar province, an explosion at a weapons cache killed a 6-year-old boy and wounded 20 others, police said.

It was unclear what sparked the chain reaction of explosions in caves used to store weapons and other material collected from Taliban fighters on the outskirts of Jalalabad city, said Nangarhar province police spokesman Ghafor Khan.

"We are still investigating the incident. It is possible that the explosives ignited on their own," Khan said.

The caves where the weapons were stored were about 100 yards (meters) away from a village, and the blast shot some shells or other items into the residential area, Khan said. Two soldiers who guarded the cache were among the wounded.

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Associated Press writer Noor Khan contributed to this report from Kandahar.

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alemarah1.org reported the following news yesterday (June 21, 2009):

1 tank of Americans destroyed in Khost

commander and 2 soldiers killed in Dikondi

Mortars fired at airport and American army base in Khost

American base has come under light and heavy weapons

In ambush 3 vehicles destroyed in Helmand

British martyred 5 civilians in Helmand

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