Blast Outside School In Afghanistan Kills 25 -- Yahoo News/ReutersMOHAMMAD AGHA, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An explosion outside a school south of the Afghan capital on Thursday killed at least 25 people, including 15 students, officials said, the worst toll from a single blast in a year.
It was the latest incident in an escalation of violence across Afghanistan since U.S. Marines launched a new offensive a week ago in the Taliban bastion of Helmand.
That assault, Operation Strike of the Sword, is the first major operation under U.S. President Barack Obama's new regional strategy to defeat the Taliban and stabilize Afghanistan which holds a presidential election on August 20.
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