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Afghan taxi hits mine, 3 die

May 12, 2005 18:05 IST
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A taxi hit a land mine on a road in a remote area of southern Afghanistan Thursday, killing three people and wounding two others, a provincial government spokesman said.

Ali Khail said the incident took place near the district of Sori in southern Zabul province, 225 kilometers northeast of Kandahar, and that the injured included a woman.

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``We

believe that Taliban are responsible for it,'' Khail said, adding the rebels had planted the land mine for Afghan soldiers who have been looking for them. However, he did not offer any evidence.

Meanwhile, suspected Taliban late yesterday opened fire on a vehicle carrying a district police chief Qayyum Khan and injured him before fleeing, an official Rozi Khan said. He said the officer was being treated at a hospital in Kabul.

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