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AFGHANISTAN-UNREST
Roadside bomb kills 8 civilians in S. Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 25, 2020 (BSS/XINHUA) — Eight civilians
were killed as a roadside bomb struck a car in Musa Qala district of
Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Wednesday, provincial government
spokesman Omar Zawak said.
The incident happened in Musa Qala district when a car ran over a mine
Wednesday morning leaving all the eight onboard dead, Zawak said.
The official said investigation is underway.
Musa Qala district has been regarded as the bastion of Taliban militants
in the relatively troubled and poppy growing Helmand province with Lashkar
Gah as its capital 555 km south of Kabul.
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