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Car bomb kills Afghan women's affairs official
Source: Reuters
Car bomb kills Afghan women's affairs official
Reuters in Nangarhar
guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 July 2012 14.23 BST
A regional head of women's affairs has been killed by a car bomb in eastern Afghanistan.
Hanifa Safi was driving in Mehtar Lam, the capital of Laghman province, when a bomb attached to her car exploded, said the provincial governor's spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak.
"It killed her and left her husband, who was with her in the car, in a coma," Zwak said. Ten others were wounded.
Zwak declined to say whether he believed the Taliban were behind the attack, instead saying "enemies of Afghanistan" had planted the bomb. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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Reuters in Nangarhar
guardian.co.uk, Friday 13 July 2012 14.23 BST
A regional head of women's affairs has been killed by a car bomb in eastern Afghanistan.
Hanifa Safi was driving in Mehtar Lam, the capital of Laghman province, when a bomb attached to her car exploded, said the provincial governor's spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak.
"It killed her and left her husband, who was with her in the car, in a coma," Zwak said. Ten others were wounded.
Zwak declined to say whether he believed the Taliban were behind the attack, instead saying "enemies of Afghanistan" had planted the bomb. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/13/car-bomb-afghan-women-official
