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Children killed in Afghan attack
Four children have been killed and six injured in a suicide car bomb attack on an Afghan army convoy in eastern Afghanistan, police say.
Several soldiers and civilians were also wounded in the incident.
Meanwhile, Taleban rebels have executed three men they accused of spying for international troops and telling them the whereabouts of a Taleban commander.
The men were publicly hanged in or near Musa Qala in Helmand province, which the militants captured in February.
Suspected Taleban militants have also ambushed two government convoys in the south near the Pakistan border, killing seven Afghan police officers.
Explosives-laden car
The suicide attack which killed the four children was targeting an Afghan army convoy in Mehtar Lam in Laghman province, about 100km (60 miles) east of the capital, Kabul.
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Meanwhile, Taleban rebels have executed three men they accused of spying for international troops and telling them the whereabouts of a Taleban commander.
The men were publicly hanged in or near Musa Qala in Helmand province, which the militants captured in February.
Suspected Taleban militants have also ambushed two government convoys in the south near the Pakistan border, killing seven Afghan police officers.
Explosives-laden car
The suicide attack which killed the four children was targeting an Afghan army convoy in Mehtar Lam in Laghman province, about 100km (60 miles) east of the capital, Kabul.
More
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6516017.stm
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With the approach of spring, violence has surged in Afghanistan in recent weeks, following the bloodiest period last year since the Taliban's ousting from power in 2001.
The suicide bomber rammed a car into an army convoy in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital of eastern Laghman province, and killed two soldiers, police said. The children along with two other civilians were near the attack.
"It was a suicide attack and several civilians were also wounded apart from civilian deaths," Yar Mohammad, a senior provincial police official, told Reuters.
At least a dozen people, including the troops were wounded in the attack, witnesses said.
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