UN suspends mine clearing in Afghanistan
AFP, Kabul
The United Nations suspended mine clearing work in southern and western Afghanistan yesterday after two of its workers were killed in the third bombing targeting the operation in two weeks. Two Afghan deminers from the Mine Detection Dog Centre (MDC) were killed on Wednesday and five others injured when their vehicle was bombed on the outskirts of Grishk City in southern Helmand Province. Wednesday's blast was the third bomb attack against Afghan demining organisations in the past two weeks, the United Nations said. It struck hours after a suicide bomber killed 21 people at a mosque in neighbouring Kandahar province.
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