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| Roadside bomb kills 19 civilians in south Afghanistan | Roadside bomb kills 19 civilians in south Afghanistan |
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| At least 19 Afghan civilians have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Helmand province, said officials. | At least 19 Afghan civilians have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern Helmand province, said officials. |
| The vehicle was driving in the province's volatile Sangin district - a Taliban stronghold - Helmand spokesman Daud Ahmadi was quoted as saying. | The vehicle was driving in the province's volatile Sangin district - a Taliban stronghold - Helmand spokesman Daud Ahmadi was quoted as saying. |
| The dead are said to include women and children, many from the same family. | The dead are said to include women and children, many from the same family. |
| The deaths come amid mourning for 59 people, mainly Shia worshippers, who were killed in twin bomb attacks in the country on Tuesday. | The deaths come amid mourning for 59 people, mainly Shia worshippers, who were killed in twin bomb attacks in the country on Tuesday. |
| President Karzai cut short a trip to Europe to return to Kabul on Wednesday, where he will visit wounded and bereaved from the worst incident - the suicide bombing of a Shia shrine on the holiest day of the Shia calendar which killed 55. | |
| Coupled with a smaller bombing in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the attacks have raised fears that the violence in Afghanistan may be taking on a new sectarian character. |