{"id":8583,"date":"2013-08-18T18:39:54","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T18:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/taliban-attacks-kill-17-civilians-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2013-08-18T18:39:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T18:39:54","slug":"taliban-attacks-kill-17-civilians-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/taliban-attacks-kill-17-civilians-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban attacks kill 17 civilians in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 17 civilians have been killed in multiple Taliban attacks in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, underscoring increasing insecurity for ordinary people as foreign forces complete their withdrawal next year.<\/p>\n

An insurgent attack on a road construction workers\u2019 camp in Karukh district in the western province of Herat left nine workers dead overnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Taliban attacked their camp along the Herat-Badghis road while they were asleep last,\u201d Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, provincial police spokesman, told the Agence France Presse<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The workers were employed by a government-owned road construction company, he said.<\/p>\n

A provincial governor spokesman confirmed the deaths, blaming \u201cenemies of Afghanistan\u201d, a term used to refer to the Taliban.<\/p>\n

A roadside bomb also killed five civilians, including women and children, and wounded three others in the southern province of Helmand province on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cA van hit a roadside bomb in the Marjah district of Helmand killing five civilians and wounding three,\u201d Omar Zwak, the Helmand governor\u2019s spokesman, told AFP.<\/i>a<\/p>\n

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