Two civilians, 52 'rebels' die in Afghan unrest

Suicide bombs Sunday against foreign troops in Afghanistan left two civilians dead, as the military said it killed 52 insurgents and President Hamid Karzai again called the Taliban to peace talks. Two German soldiers and two US soldiers were also wounded in the suicide bombings, while the British military announced that one of its troops had been killed in a blast in the southern province of Helmand on Saturday. One of Sunday's suicide bombs hit a convoy of troops in the northern province of Baghlan. Two Afghans were killed and a dozen wounded, the interior ministry said. Two German soldiers were also hurt, one of them seriously, the German military said.

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