Taliban-linked militants caused around 64 percent of all violent child deaths last year,says watchdog. Photo AFP
Violence Heats Up In Bitter Afghan Winter -- Washington Times
Military officials expect violence to increase in Afghanistan during the winter as the U.S. increases forces in the region, even though the harsh, cold weather usually leads to a lull in battles along the country's mountainous southern and eastern provinces.
On Thursday, a suicide bomber killed at least nine people in a marketplace in Kabul. On the same day, another bomb exploded at the provincial governor's compound, injuring the governor and several of his aides.
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