Taliban kills two children

Suicide bomber kills two children in Afghan south | International | Reuters

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing two children, local government officials said.

The attack came near the town of Sangin in the restive province of Helmand where mostly British troops are engaged in nearly daily firefights with Taliban insurgents. No foreign troops were wounded in the blast, a military spokesman said.

After suffering heavy casualties in conventional battles, Taliban rebels have grown increasingly reliant in the last two years on suicide attacks aimed at convincing ordinary Afghans their government and its Western backers cannot provide security.

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