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Two people were killed and eight wounded in the explosion in the southern province of Helmand on Sunday. The power station is the main source of electricity for people in the area. Taliban militants planted hundreds of roadside bombs and conducted scores of suicide bomb attacks in 2007 in Afghanistan, contributing to a record year of violence that killed 6,000 people, nearly 2,000 of them civilians. The militants, fighting to expel foreign forces and bring down the Western-backed government, have also attacked infrastructure projects. The Afghan government and its Western backers hope they can undermine any support for the Taliban by providing basic services such as power, roads and water for irrigation, as well as security.
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    George Bush recently stated in a video conference that he felt 'a little envious' towards those flying the US flag in Afghanistan, adding that it seemed, 'romantic', and thanking the soldiers for making history. Many people seem to have viewed this as insensitive in the least. Could the mission in Afghanistan have been better handled without such a rose-tinted outlook on war and bloodshed? Or do you think Bush is simply proud to have helped liberate the people in the historically complex region?

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