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Afghanistan

No Casualties After Two Grenade Attacks In Afghanistan

Soldiers at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar on 16 January (file photo) (epa)

25 January 2006 – In two separate incidents, unidentified attackers have thrown grenades at an Afghan ministry and at the Indian consulate in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.

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There were no casualties in either incident.


In the most recent attack, a grenade thrown from a passing car hit a wall outside the Indian mission, exploding on the road outside the consulate.


According to a spokesman for Afghanistan's Interior Ministry, Yousuf Stanezai, police have launched a manhunt but no one has so far been arrested.


Kandahar is a former stronghold of the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until being overthrown by a U.S.-led coalition in 2002.


That attack came just hours after a grenade exploded outside the Ministry of Women's Affairs in the capital, Kabul.


The ministry had closed for the night at the time of the attack.


Taliban-led violence has increased across Afghanistan in the past year, raising fears that the insurgency may hamper moves toward democracy.


(AP)

 
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