The attack on the mine-clearing vehicle happened on the main road between the eastern towns of Gardez and Khost, said Maki Shinohara, a U. The Afghan mine clearers were working with the United Nations in the area, Shinohara said. The driver was shot in the chest and one mine clearer suffered superficial head wounds, Shinohara said.
Meanwhile, a suspected terrorist accidentally blew himself up Thursday while trying to plant a land mine outside a government office in southern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, a senior security official said. Atta Mohammed clashed Thursday with soldiers loyal to his ethnic Uzbek rival, Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum. Abdul Sabor, a senior commander loyal to Mohammed. Almeida e Silva said U. Last week, operations of the U. Suspected Taliban fighters have been blamed for launching several attacks in the last two months in southern Afghanistan, including the killings of the Red Cross worker and an Italian tourist.
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