Five die in Afghan blast
18/10/2004 - 12:59:22A suspected bomb blast killed an election worker and four other civilians in south-eastern Afghanistan today.
The blast hit a vehicle of the Joint Electoral Management Body in Paktika, a troubled province on the Pakistani border, JEMB spokesman Sultan Baheen said.
He said one commission employee, the driver of the vehicle, and three other civilians were killed. He said all were Afghans.
The blast was at least the second deadly incident surrounding the country’s landmark presidential election, held on October 9.
On election day, three police officers died in a shoot-out with suspected militants as they escorted a convoy carrying ballot boxes .
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