Afghanistan: 10 killed in two blasts

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As many as ten people including two Afghan policemen were killed in two separate blasts occurred at a dog fighting ground in the Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province.

27 February,2011 06:18 pm

The explosions tore through a gathering of villagers watching a dog fight. According to a police, due to blast his car caught fire and his colleagues also killed. Interior Ministry has also confirmed that the death toll was ten, with twelve civilians and five police wounded. In 2010, violence across Afghanistan hit its worst levels since the Taliban were ousted by US-backed Afghan forces in late 2001, despite the presence of about 150,000 foreign troops.So far in 2011 there has been no let-up in attacks, or any sign of the traditional winter lull, and US commanders have warned violence is likely to spike even more when spring begins. That is a worrying sign, analysts say, with U.S. President Barack Obama having pledged to begin a gradual withdrawal of US troops in July as part of an overall timetable to hand security responsibility to Afghan Forces in 2014.A United Nations report late last year found that civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose 20 percent in the first 10 months of 2010 compared with 2009, with more than three-quarters killed or wounded by insurgents.