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via translation - Afghanistan: explosion at a power station, likely victims KANDAHAR (Afghanistan) - An explosion in a small hydroelectric plant in the south of Afghanistan Saturday may have caused several deaths and injuries, announced an administrative officer. The cause of the explosion had not yet been identified Saturday morning in the central district of Gereshk, in the volatile province of Helmand, said the district chief Abdul Manaf. The latter did not exclude the possibility of an attack. "Many people may have been killed and injured. Four people injured were evacuated from the building to the hospital," he told AFP....

AFP via translation - Afghan south: 40 talibans killed in engagements with NATO KANDAHAR (Afghanistan) - Approximately 40 talibans were killed in engagements against the Afghan forces and those of NATO Thursday in the province of Helmand, in the south of Afghanistan, announced the local police force. ?During a joint operation against the talibans who began this morning with Lashkar Gah and Gereshk, approximately 40 talibans were killed?, affirmed in AFP the chief of the provincial police force, Isau Khan. Lashkar Gah is the capital of the province of Helmand, epicentre of the recent combat between talibans and the Afghan...