roadside bombs in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces

 On the same day, major donors in Tokyo pledged $16 billion in development aid for Afghanistan over the next four years as they try to prevent it from sliding back into chaos once most foreign troops have left by the end of 2014.

Bombs, clashes in Afghanistan kill 35 including seven NATO soldiers

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