11.   Only three corpses had been recovered by Thursday evening.

12.   Rescue operations continued through the day to recover the corpses and mine authorities installed a ventilator to suck out carbon monoxide which had built up in the blast area.

13.   Security sources told AFP Tuesday that special operation police had recovered the corpses of six victims, including two soldiers.

14.   The International Committee of the Red Cross has begun to recover corpses from the streets of the devastated former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, a spokesman said on Tuesday.