Kandahar Blasts

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  3 Killed In Suicide Bombing In Afghanistan's Kandahar, 12 Injured

  A suicide bombing killed three people and wounded 12 others on Thursday in the Afghan city of Kandahar, a provincial official said, the heartland of the Taliban authorities that rule the country.

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  ISIS Claim Responsibility For Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar

  ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack at a Shi'ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar which left dozens killed and injured, a statement posted by the group's Amaq news agency said on Friday.

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  41 Killed, 70 Injured In Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan's Kandahar

  Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers, witnesses said, killing at least 41 people and injuring scores more.

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  Heavy Casualties As Blast Rocks Afghan, 16 Dead And 38 Wounded

  A blast in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday caused dozens of casualties. Officials initially said it was caused by a bomb packed into a minibus but later said the explosives were in two containers stored in an area of mechanics workshops.

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  11 Children Killed In Suicide Attack In Afghanistan's Kandahar

  A suicide attack on a foreign military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Monday killed at least 11 children who were nearby, officials said, amid a spate of attacks across the war-torn country.

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  Roadside Bomb Kills Eight In Afghanistan

  A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban killed at least eight civilians including three women and a child in Afghanistan's Kandahar province on Tuesday, a local official said.

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  Afghan Bomb Killed 5 Emirates Humanitarian Workers: UAE

  Five Emirati humanitarian workers were killed in a bomb attack in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) official news agency reported on Wednesday.

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  Abdur Rehman Admits Link With Kandahar Plane Hijack Terrorists

  Al-Qaeda Indian sub-continent (AQIS) operative Mohammed Abdur Rehman has admitted his links with the terrorists involved in the 1999 Kandahar plane hijack and 2002 American Centre blast incident in Kolkata, a senior police official said today.

• Twin Blasts, Minutes Apart, Kill Afghan Policeman and NATO Soldier

  An Afghan officer says two roadside bombings in the southern city of Kandahar have killed one policeman and wounded four.

• Bomb in southern Afghanistan kills six: official

  A senior Afghan government official says a roadside bomb in the southern Helmand province has killed six civilians, including two women and two children.

• Blast in Afghanistan kills 10 people, say officials

  A bomb killed 10 civilians including women and children in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, in the latest violence since the Taliban launched their annual "spring offensive".

• Taliban start spring Afghan offensive with bombing

  Taliban insurgents marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast that killed three police officers.

• Afghan attacks kill US diplomat, soldiers, others

  A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east.

• Bomb kills family of six in south Afghanistan: officials

  A landmine explosion ripped through a civilian vehicle in southern Afghanistan and killed six members of a family, provincial authorities said Saturday.

• Bomb kills 10 Afghans heading for wedding: Officials

  A roadside bomb killed 10 civilians, including women and a child, heading for a wedding party in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said.