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Bomb in Afghanistan Kills 25


An Afghan official says a truck bomb in central Afghanistan has killed at least 25 people, including at least 12 school children.

A local police chief said a truck loaded with wood appeared to be deliberately turned over on a road in Logar province. He said attackers remotely detonated explosives hidden in the truck Thursday as children were walking to school.

At least a dozen students, four police officers and nine others were killed in the blast. Militants frequently use roadside bombs against foreign troops and Afghan forces, but the majority of victims have been civilians.

Meanwhile, NATO forces in Afghanistan said a roadside bomb in the country's south killed two alliance soldiers on Wednesday.

A U.S. commander said in a separate announcement the 4,000 U.S. Marines pursuing Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan have removed the insurgents from a large section of Helmand province.

Brigadier General Larry Nicholson said Wednesday he has enough Marines to complete the mission in Helmand, but that he urgently needs thousands more Afghan troops who understand the communities and can diagnose problems.

Currently, only about 650 Afghan troops are deployed with U.S.-led forces.

The U.S. general added that his Marines also need to assure local residents and their leaders that the American forces will stay and keep the Taliban out until Afghan forces are ready to do so.

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