Bomb kills 16 Afghans, including 11 children

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Bomb kills 16 Afghans, including 11 children

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16 people have been killed by a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan.

27 September,2011 07:00 pm

Herat police official Mohammad Salim says the bomb struck a station wagon packed with people traveling in Shindand district of Herat province Tuesday.He says 11 children, four women and one man were killed. He says another four people were wounded.Salim says all of the passengers were relatives. Provincial spokesman Muhiuddin Noori confirmed the figures.SUICIDE ATTACK: In another attack, a suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a police truck outside a bakery in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least two civilians, officials said.The attacker apparently was waiting in the car at the gates of the police headquarters just outside a bakery where officers regularly buy bread in the morning in Lashkar Gah, the main city in Helmand province, said provincial Police Chief Kamaluddin Sherzai. The bomber slammed the car into a police truck that was parked at the shop, triggering the cars explosives, he said.Another 26 people were wounded, including 10 police officers and six children, he said.Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack, which came hours after the Taliban released a formal statement rejecting claims that the insurgency has become splintered.