From The L.A. Times:
At least 20 Afghan civilians and a U.S. soldier are reportedly killed in the attack at a busy market.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan and Istanbul --A suicide car bomber struck an American military convoy today as it was passing through a busy open-air livestock market, killing at least 20 Afghan passers-by, together with a U.S. soldier, authorities said.
The attack outside the eastern city of Jalalabad, which also left scores of market patrons and other bystanders injured, pointed up one of the conflict's grimmest ongoing patterns: civilians being caught up almost daily in insurgent attacks aimed at foreign troops.
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At least 20 Afghan civilians and a U.S. soldier are reportedly killed in the attack at a busy market.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan and Istanbul --A suicide car bomber struck an American military convoy today as it was passing through a busy open-air livestock market, killing at least 20 Afghan passers-by, together with a U.S. soldier, authorities said.
The attack outside the eastern city of Jalalabad, which also left scores of market patrons and other bystanders injured, pointed up one of the conflict's grimmest ongoing patterns: civilians being caught up almost daily in insurgent attacks aimed at foreign troops.
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