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New York Times
May 19, 2008
Pg. 9
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding eight other people, a provincial police chief said.
The suicide bomber was trying to kill the district police chief in Musa Qala in Helmand Province, but instead killed four civilians, said Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the provincial police chief. Five police officers and three other people were wounded, he said. The bomber also died. Several shops were damaged in the blast. The district police chief was not harmed, Mr. Andiwal said.
On Saturday, insurgents hit a NATO helicopter that was carrying the governor of Helmand Province, Ghulab Mangal, into Musa Qala. The helicopter was damaged in the attack by a rocket-propelled grenade, but no one was wounded.
American, British and Afghan troops pushed Taliban fighters out of Musa Qala late last year. The insurgents overran the area in early 2007 and held it for 10 months.
More than 1,200 people, most of them militants, have died in insurgency-related violence in Afghanistan this year, according to a tally compiled by The Associated Press.
May 19, 2008
Pg. 9
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a police convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding eight other people, a provincial police chief said.
The suicide bomber was trying to kill the district police chief in Musa Qala in Helmand Province, but instead killed four civilians, said Mohammad Hussein Andiwal, the provincial police chief. Five police officers and three other people were wounded, he said. The bomber also died. Several shops were damaged in the blast. The district police chief was not harmed, Mr. Andiwal said.
On Saturday, insurgents hit a NATO helicopter that was carrying the governor of Helmand Province, Ghulab Mangal, into Musa Qala. The helicopter was damaged in the attack by a rocket-propelled grenade, but no one was wounded.
American, British and Afghan troops pushed Taliban fighters out of Musa Qala late last year. The insurgents overran the area in early 2007 and held it for 10 months.
More than 1,200 people, most of them militants, have died in insurgency-related violence in Afghanistan this year, according to a tally compiled by The Associated Press.