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Three Afghan civilians killed by roadside bomb

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The bomb was planted under a bridge in Alingar district of Laghman province before it ripped through a civilian van, provincial police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang told AFP.

"The van was hit by a roadside bomb on a bridge in Alingar, killing three men and wounding three other people including a woman and a child," he said.

Roadside bombs are frequently planted by insurgents but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011