Yet Another Blast Shakes Kandahar
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 27th, 2009 4:49 am by HL
Yet Another Blast Shakes Kandahar
On Wednesday, another large explosion was reported in Kandahar, Afghanistan—just a day after a spate of bombings killed more than 40 people in that city—as the outcome of last week’s election still hung in the balance. —KA BBC: The explosion was reported close to the site of Tuesday’s car bomb attack. There are reports of casualties. A local official told the BBC the injured were being taken to hospital. Kandahar, a Taliban stronghold, has seen a number of attacks in 2009. It comes as counting continues following Thursday’s presidential election. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEM
On Wednesday, another large explosion was reported in Kandahar, Afghanistan—just a day after a spate of bombings killed more than 40 people in that city—as the outcome of last week’s election still hung in the balance.? —KA
BBC:
The explosion was reported close to the site of Tuesday’s car bomb attack.
There are reports of casualties. A local official told the BBC the injured were being taken to hospital.
Kandahar, a Taliban stronghold, has seen a number of attacks in 2009. It comes as counting continues following Thursday’s presidential election.
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