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Afghan market attack 'kills 10' Afghan market attack 'kills 10'
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At least 10 people are reported to have been killed in a rocket attack on a market in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials say. At least 10 people are reported to have been killed in a rocket attack on a market in north-eastern Afghanistan.
Afghan police blamed the attack on Taliban insurgents and said at least 28 people had been wounded.Afghan police blamed the attack on Taliban insurgents and said at least 28 people had been wounded.
A spokesman said at least two Chinese-made rockets struck the crowded market in the Tagab valley, about 75km (45 miles) north-east of the capital Kabul. A spokesman said at least two Chinese-made rockets struck the crowded market in the Tagab valley, north of Kabul.
A French officer quoted by the AP news agency put the death toll at 12. The attack took place as the head of French forces was holding a meeting with tribal elders nearby, French officials said.
Gen Marcel Druart had been attending a "shura" of tribal elders 300m away, the French news agency AFP reported.
"French and American medical teams with helicopters evacuated six of the wounded to military hospitals in Kabul, while armoured vehicles took others to the French base in Tagab," armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck told reporters in Paris.