The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
July 29, 2011

40 Killed in Afghan Attacks 
----------------------------



More than 40 Afghan civilians have been killed in a string of deadly
attacks. At least 19 people were killed Thursday when suicide bombers
hit government buildings in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan. The
dead included 12 young children. Another 35 people were wounded. It was
the deadliest attack to hit southern Afghanistan in nearly six months.
Meanwhile, at least 23 civilians have been killed in a pair of roadside
bombings. Nineteen people were killed when their bus struck a mine,
while another four people died in a similar incident aboard a tractor.
Afghan civilians are enduring record levels of violence, with more than
1,400 killed this year.



.