At least 12 Afghan civilians have been killed in two separate roadside bomb explosions in the country’s east and north.
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The strike happened near a gate toward the bounds of this place of Khost in which a number of vehicle was quit, Khost monitor necessary Faizullah Ghairat said.
Hamedi added that out six civilians who are wounded, two are in critical condition.
Al Jazeera’s Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul, said that the attack happened just before 7pm, when many people were breaking their Ramadan fast.
Foreign and Afghan forces blocked journalists and police from accessing the site after the blast.
An Afghan soldier stands at a checkpoint in the Buwri Tana base, in Khost Province on August 7, 2012 … In a statement, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation said “no USA or coalition personnel were injured as a result of the attack”, without elaborating.
The bombing comes after USA and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops formally ended their combat mission in Afghanistan at the end of past year, leaving the country’s security in the hands of local forces.
In 2009, a suicide bomber inside Chapman killed seven Central Intelligence Agency officers and contractors.
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Foreign troops including US soldiers are stationed at Camp Champan alongside Afghan soldiers.
