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The tragedy occurred early in the morning in the district of Saidabad district of the Wardak province.
When those who survived the attack began to recover the killed and wounded from the debris the air forces carried out a second strike.
The military said that attack was conducted by the order of the ISAF command.
They claimed that the goal of the mission was to liquidate a storehouse with weapons no bombings of residential areas were conducted.
Voice of Russia, RIA
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Two militants who were planning terrorist attack were captured today during the special operation performed by FSB in the suburban town of Orekhovo-Zuevo
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Militants plotting terrorist attack in Moscow lurked in city's suburbs
