KABUL, May 03, SPA -- A bomb placed on a bicycle in a busy market killed four people Sunday, including two children, whileAmerican fighter aircraft and ground forces killed 19militants near the Pakistan border, officials said. The bicycle bomb went off in Gereshk district of southernHelmand province. Doud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincialgovernor, said a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girlwere among the victims. The Interior Ministry said itexploded in a market while people were shopping. American fighter aircraft and U.S. and Afghan groundforces, meanwhile, killed the 19 militants in a ruggedregion of eastern Afghanistan along the border withPakistan, the Associated Press quoted U.S.-led coalition as saying.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/660335
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