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Roadside bomb kills local officials in Afghanistan

Source: Chicago Tribune
Kabul : Afghanistan | about 1 month ago  
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  • Afghan policemen investigate at the site of a blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul
    Afghan policemen investigate at the site of a blast outside the Indian ...
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  • Afghan policemen secure the site of a bomb blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul
    Afghan policemen secure the site of a bomb blast outside the Indian ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Afghan policemen investigate at the site of a blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul
    Afghan policemen investigate at the site of a blast outside the Indian ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Afghan policemen keep watch at the site of a blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul
    Afghan policemen keep watch at the site of a blast outside the Indian ...
    Source: Reuters
Afghan policemen investigate at the site of a blast outside the Indian ...
A roadside bomb killed two regional officials in a remote part of Afghanistan on Saturday, the latest insurgent attack on local government targets, a regional police chief said. Afghanistan has seen a dramatic rise of violence this year as 100,000 Western troops, two-thirds of them American, battle...
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