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June 28, 2008
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Jamadi-us-Sani 23, 1429
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‘Rockets from Pakistan kill child in Afghanistan’
ASADABAD (Afghanistan), June 27: Several rockets fired by suspected militants in Pakistan at villages across the border in eastern Afghanistan killed a child and wounded 13 others on Friday, officials said.
One of a number of rockets apparently targeting a base of US-led troops landed near a house in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province, killing the child and wounding another five, provincial governor Fazlulah Wahidy said.
Several other rockets hit Asmar district in Asadabad, wounding seven civilians, Mr Wahidy said.—AFP
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