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Location | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
Date | 25 August 2009 |
Attack type | suicide truck bombing |
Deaths | 43 |
Injured | At least 65 |
Perpetrators | Taliban |
The 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing was a suicide truck bombing that killed 43 people and injured at least 65 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban were thought to be responsible. [1]
A wedding hall and a dozen houses were destroyed in the explosion. [2] The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company. [3]
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25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing | |
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Location | Kandahar, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
Date | 25 August 2009 |
Attack type | suicide truck bombing |
Deaths | 43 |
Injured | At least 65 |
Perpetrators | Taliban |
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The 25 August 2009 Kandahar bombing was a suicide truck bombing that killed 43 people and injured at least 65 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban were thought to be responsible. [1]
A wedding hall and a dozen houses were destroyed in the explosion. [2] The target was apparently the headquarters of a Japanese construction company. [3]
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