Afghan stockpile blows up, kills at least 26

Tuesday, May 3, 2005

BASHGAH, Afghanistan -- A warlord's stockpile of explosives detonated in a remote Afghan village Monday, flattening half a dozen houses and a mosque and killing at least 26 people in what appeared to be the deadliest accident of its kind since the ouster of the Taliban regime.

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