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Suicide bomber falls down stairs ... From correspondents in Khost, Afghanistan January 24, 2008 12:39pm Article from: Agence France-Presse A WOULD-be suicide bomber fell down a flight of stairs and blew himself up as he headed out for an attack in Afghanistan, police say. It was the second such incident in two days, with another man killing himself and three others on Tuesday when his bomb-filled waistcoat exploded as he was putting it on in the southern town of Lashkar Gah. Yesterday's blast was in a busy market area of the eastern town of Khost, a deputy provincial police chief...

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...

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The first troops in an enlarged UK deployment to Afghanistan have begun setting up base.Several hundred Royal Engineers are building the camp in Lashkar Gar, the capital of southern Helmand province, with protection from 150 Royal Marines. Around 850 troops are due in place this month, preparing for a deployment of more than 5,000 within six months. They aim to restore peace and tackle the drugs trade in an area of major Taleban activity and opium production. Colonel Gordon Messenger, in Helmand, said: "Having the number of troops we will have, operating alongside a similar number of Afghan troops, in...