The UN has condemned the killing of 12 Afghans, including eight children returning from school, by a roadside bomb in the country’s volatile east, the latest in a growing number of civilian casualties.<\/p>\n
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The UN has condemned the killing of 12 Afghans, including eight children returning from school, by a roadside bomb in the country’s volatile east, the latest in a growing number of civilian casualties.<\/p>\n
The blast occurred in Paktika province when their vehicle hit a pressure-plate improvised explosive device planted on a public road, the UN said, adding that four others were wounded.<\/p>\n
The bombing comes just days after the UN voiced alarm over the killing of 25 civilians in the escalating conflict in southern Helmand province, most of them in US air strikes.<\/p>\n
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