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Road bomb kills 9, hurts 22 in Afghanistan

MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan, April 8 (UPI) -- A roadside bomb struck by a civilian bus in Afghanistan Monday killed at least nine people and injured 22 others, police said.

The bus hit the bomb in central eastern Maidan Wardak province at approximately 9 a.m. local time, provincial police chief spokesman Abdul Wali Noorzai said.

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The bus was traveling from eastern Ghazni province toward Kabul when it struck the improvised explosive device, Khaama Press reported.

No group had claimed responsibility for the bombing.

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