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| Afghan suicide bombing kills 20 | |
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| Twenty people have been killed in a suicide bombing in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan, police say. | |
| Thirteen more were injured in the blast in Dihrawud in Uruzgan province. | Thirteen more were injured in the blast in Dihrawud in Uruzgan province. |
| The bomb could have gone off prematurely as the bomber waited for a military or police convoy to attack, said a deputy police commissioner. | The bomb could have gone off prematurely as the bomber waited for a military or police convoy to attack, said a deputy police commissioner. |
| On Wednesday, a UN report said the number of civilians killed in violence in 2009 was higher than in any year since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. | On Wednesday, a UN report said the number of civilians killed in violence in 2009 was higher than in any year since the Taliban were ousted in 2001. |
| Civilian casualties rose by 14% in 2009 compared with 2008, the UN Mission in Afghanistan (Unama) reported. | Civilian casualties rose by 14% in 2009 compared with 2008, the UN Mission in Afghanistan (Unama) reported. |
| This was the worst such incident in Afghanistan in months, and the dead were all civilians, says the BBC's Mark Dummett in Kabul. | |
| Uruzgan is the home province of the Taliban's leader Mullah Omar. | |
| As the insurgency spreads and more Western troops are sent to Afghanistan, 2010 is likely to be as bad as 2009 in terms of civilian casualties, our correspondent says. |