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Suicide Bomber Kills 16 in Afghanistan

Two children among the dead in latest attack

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 20, 2009 6:44 AM CST

(AP) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others today in a busy city square in western Afghanistan. The violence comes a day after President Hamid Karzai, in his second inaugural address, said he has placed national reconciliation with insurgents at the top of his peace-building agenda.

"These days, Taliban are causing high casualties because the foreign forces and Afghan forces have been conducting operations against the insurgency in the region," said the local police chief in Farah, in western Afghanistan. An operation three days ago in another part of the province killed five insurgents, including a Taliban commander and a bomb-maker.

Afghan soldiers secure a street in Kabul yesterday for the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Afghan soldiers secure a street in Kabul yesterday for the inauguration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.   (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
  (J. Magno)
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