Explosion of Afghan's warlord's weapons kills 28

A warlord’s secret weapons cache exploded in a remote Afghan village today, flattening nearby houses and a mosque and killing at least 28 people in what appeared to be the deadliest accident of its kind since the fall of the Taliban.

Explosion of Afghan's warlord's weapons kills 28

A warlord’s secret weapons cache exploded in a remote Afghan village today, flattening nearby houses and a mosque and killing at least 28 people in what appeared to be the deadliest accident of its kind since the fall of the Taliban.

The blast highlighted the dangers in a country still awash with old arms piled up in a quarter-century of fighting, and the immense task facing Afghan and UN officials trying to disarm commanders wary of rivals and the country’s US-backed government.

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