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Just an accident, involving fuel tankers, and Afghanistan.

At Least 25 Killed in Afghan Explosion : KABUL, May 02: Two fuel tankers exploded today in a bustling marketplace in western Afghanistan, killing at least 25 people in what appeared to be an accident, the Afghan government said. A provincial official said 32 were killed. Up to 40 more people were reported injured in the blast in Azizabad. Herat provincial government spokesman Ghulam Mohammad Masoum said repair work on a tanker truck appeared to have triggered the devastating blast. ``The driver stopped in Azizabad to get some welding done on the vehicle,'' Masoum said. ``It must have ignited the gas. There was another fuel tanker parked nearby, and it exploded too.'' The blasts ignited more fuel at a nearby gas station. The explosions destroyed cars and shops, and bodies were scattered across the marketplace. Most of the injured were rushed to hospitals in the city of Herat, 50 miles to the north. Masoum said 32 people were killed and 35 injured. In Kabul, a statement from President Hamid Karzai's office said at least 25 people were killed and 40 injured and that the president was ``deeply saddened by the news of the terrible accident.'' (Guardian) (Posted @ 23:15 PST)

Speaking of Afghanistan:

'Terrorists' poisoned schoolgirls (in Afghanistan)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1128319/posts

The Afghan president has blamed "terrorist elements" for the poisoning of three schoolgirls in the eastern province of Khost. Hamid Karzai said they were poisoned by people opposed to girls attending school, and described the perpetrators as inhuman.

I will not call anyone an Afghan or a Muslim who poisons an eight-year-old... because she is school-going," he added.

He said the girls were in critical condition.

However, a local official told AP news agency that they had recovered.

The official said the incident happened five or six days ago outside the city of Khost's only girls' school.

"A woman gave poisoned fruit powder to the girls and told them to mix it with water and drink it," he said.

"After a couple of minutes, they were unconscious."

Reports say a woman has been arrested in connection with the attack.

Correspondents say extremists have mounted arson attacks on girls' schools in the past, but direct attacks on students are rare.