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Suicide bombers kill 5 in Afghanistan

Apr. 25, 2009
The Taliban claims responsibility for the Kandahar attack. Three people also were wounded in the explosions at the entrance to a governor's office and inside the compound. Three suicide bombers attacked a provincial governor's office in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing five policemen and...
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