Bombs kill three Afghan civilians, NATO soldier

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Source: AFP

KABUL — Roadside bomb attacks killed three Afghan civilians and a NATO soldier, as well as seriously wounded a child, in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the military said.

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are the Taliban's chief weapon in their nine-year insurgency against the Western-backed Afghan government and more than 152,000 US-led foreign troops based in the country.

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said an IED attack killed three Afghan civilians and seriously wounded a child in the Qalat district of southern Zabul province on Monday.

Thousands of Afghan civilians have died in rebel attacks and military operations since remnants of the Taliban regime launched an insurgency after the 2001 US-led invasion brought down their Islamist regime.

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