Clash leaves 12 Taliban dead

Published July 5, 2006

KABUL, July 4: A bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul wounded more than six people on Tuesday and 12 Taliban were killed in a clash in the south where NATO forces are set to take control.

In another incident, five Afghan labourers working at a US military base in the east were stopped on their way home and executed by the road, police said.

Interior Ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanizai said a cart packed with explosives blew up on a corner by the Justice Ministry in Kabul. The blast shattered windows of the ministry and other buildings, and damaged cars.—Reuters

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