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Bomb kills tree { June 9 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2896578 http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2896578 Bomb Kills Three in Southern Afghanistan-Report Mon June 9, 2003 03:05 AM ET KABUL (Reuters) - At least three Afghans were killed when a bomb exploded in the vehicle they were traveling in, the latest in a series of blasts that have rocked the south of the country in recent months, state media reported on Monday. The explosion ripped through a vehicle in the Panjwaye district of Kandahar province, the Arman-e-Millie daily newspaper reported without saying when the blast occurred. The government mouthpiece described the situation in Panjwaye area as "insecure." Kandahar province has been rocked by a series of attacks and explosions since the start of the year which the government has blamed on remnants of the ousted Taliban regime and the al Qaeda network it sheltered, many of them operating from Pakistan. In the deadliest so far, 18 people died when an explosion ripped through a bus on the outskirts of Kandahar city, the province's capital and the Taliban's former stronghold. Last week officials said up to 40 Taliban fighters were killed during a raid in the Spin Boldak district near the border with Pakistan, the largest defeat inflicted on the hardline Islamic regime since it fell from power in late 2001. Kabul TV reported late Sunday that two more Taliban guerrillas, including senior commander Hafi Abdul Rahim, had died in subsequent clashes in the area. But Khalid Pashtun, spokesman for Kandahar's governor, denied Rahim was dead. The commander is on the government's "most wanted" list. A suicide car bomber Saturday blew up a bus full of German troops in Kabul, killing four soldiers and wounding 31 in the biggest attack on the city's international peacekeepers to date.

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