Taliban rockets kill three civilians

By Xinhua

Kabul : Taliban rockets killed three civilians and injured seven in the eastern province of Kunar in Afghanistan, a military statement said.


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Taliban militants fired rockets toward the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrol base in Chawki district around 4 p.m. Saturday, the statement said.

Two rockets fell short, in a village and caused the civilian casualties, it said, adding the injured were evacuated to ISAF medical facilities.

In a separate event, a suicide car bomber attacked an ISAF patrol in Surkhrod district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, the statement said.

The blast damaged a military vehicle and slightly injured an ISAF soldier.

About 37,000 ISAF and 13,000 US-led coalition troops are operating in war-torn Afghanistan. The rising Taliban insurgency has claimed over 2,500 lives this year.

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