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    Insurgents kill 13 civilians, wound 4 in attacks throughout Afghanistan

    KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

    07.30.2010

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    ISAF Joint Command

    KABUL, Afghanistan – Insurgents killed 13 Afghan civilians and wounded four more in attacks throughout Afghanistan yesterday.

    While building and repairing roads in the Ab Band district of Ghazni province, six Afghan civilians were killed by insurgents’ small-arms fire, according to Afghan officials.

    Three more civilians were killed and two wounded when an improvised explosive devise IED detonated on the side of a road in the Kandahar district of Kandahar province. Afghan National Police members transported the wounded to Kandahar City Hospital.

    In Ghazni province, three Afghan civilians were killed and one wounded when their vehicle struck an IED.

    One more Afghan civilian was killed, and another one was injured in an IED explosion in the Tsamkani district of Paktiya province.

    "You know, they [insurgents] take no holds barred against killing innocent women, children, Afghans every single day. They're in cahoots with Mullah Omar and the Taliban, have gone out recently and publicly said attack civilians, women and children" said Maj. Gen. John F. Campbell, commanding general for Regional Command-East.

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    Date Taken: 07.30.2010
    Date Posted: 07.30.2010 04:44
    Story ID: 53680
    Location: KABUL, AF

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