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Suicide bomber kills 13 in Afghanistan(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-12-05 15:26 June 17, 2007: A Taliban suicide bomber blows up a police bus killing 24 and wounding dozens. August 15: A roadside bomb kills three German embassy bodyguards just outside the city. September 29: In the worst suicide bombing so far in Kabul, a suicide bomb attack on an army bus kills 28 Afghan troops and two civilians. The Taliban claim responsibility. October 2: At least 11 civilians and police are killed in a suicide bomb attack on a bus carrying Afghan police. October 6: A suicide car bomb kills five Afghan civilians and a US soldier on a road near Kabul airport. Nov 24: Suicide bomber kills nine civilians, six of them children, and an Italian soldier, at the opening of a new bridge on the outskirts of the capital. Nov 27: Two civilians are killed by a suicide bomb targeting a US security convoy outside a Defence Ministry building. Dec 4: A NATO convoy is hit by a suicide attack close to Kabul airport. A Taliban spokesman says the blast, which injures 22 Aghans, was meant to "welcome" US Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Dec 5: Suicide bomber kills 13 in an a rush-hour attack on a bus carrying Afghan army personnel in southwestern Kabul. |
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