Bombs Kill 9 Civilians in Afghanistan

Well the bomb blasts seem a routine daily affair and the civilians have even got used to it. Newyorktimes

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bombs killed nine civilians on Tuesday, officials said, as the numbers of foreign and Afghan soldiers killed continued to rise just ahead of presidential elections that the Taliban have vowed to disrupt.

NATO said three Americans had died in separate “hostile fire” episodes over the last several days, but did not disclose the exact locations of the attacks. The first died of wounds from an attack that occurred Saturday, another died Sunday and the third died Monday, a NATO statement said.

A Polish soldier was also found dead on Tuesday, and two Afghan soldiers were reported killed.

The civilians were killed when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in the Zhari district, in southern Afghanistan, said Daud Farhad, a doctor at Mirwais hospital in Kandahar.

Five other civilians were wounded when their vehicle hit a bomb in the Dand district of southern Afghanistan, said Naziq Khan, a local official.