Deadly blast hits Afghan town

23/02/2010| IslamWeb

At least eight people have died after a bomb exploded in the capital of Helmand, amid a Nato and Afghan military offensive in the southern Afghanistan province.

Local authorities said all those killed in the attack on Tuesday in Lashkar Gah, Helmand's capital, were civilians.

"The latest information we have says that seven people have been killed and 14 wounded," Dawud Ahmadi, spokesman for the Helmand provincial government, said before the toll rose to eight.

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An Afghan National Army soldier loads a machine gun in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province.

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