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Explosions kill 6 Afghan children, 5 NATO troops

Associated Press

  January 07, 2012

Explosives hidden in a trash heap killed six children in southern Afghanistan yesterday, police said, and five NATO troops were killed in roadside bombings in the volatile region. The children were rummaging through the trash for food scraps and bottles in the southern province of Uruzgon when the blast killed them, police spokesman Farid Ayal said. A civilian man also died in the blast.

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