Police: suicide bomber kills 10 Afghans in market

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber apparently trying to target Afghan police detonated his explosives in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing eight civilians and two policemen, an official said.

The attack in the central market in Musa Qala in Afghanistan's dangerous Helmand province also wounded 25 civilians and two police, said Helmand police chief Asadullah Sherzad. Six children were among the wounded.

Taliban and other militant suicide bombers frequently target Afghan and international military forces in their suicide attacks, but many more Afghan civilians typically die in the attacks than do government officials or military personnel.

In Kabul on Sunday, a suicide bomber attacked a German Embassy vehicle but killed two Afghan civilians, including a street sweeper.



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[xchrom]

1. recommend -- the bush policy since 9-11 has been a total disaster. nt

[High Plains]

2. And Obama is about to follow and deepen it in Afghanistan.

[Bragi]

3. Yep, this will become "Obama's War"

I don't think this war will be at all good for his administration, or make anything resembling a difference in Afghanistan itself. This is bad stuff.

- B