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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-10 11:43 AM
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Twin suicide bombings kill at least 8 in Afghanistan
Source: CNN

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least eight people were killed Saturday when two suicide bombers attacked the police headquarters in southeastern Afghanistan's Paktika province, a police official said.

The first attacker detonated his explosives around 11:30 a.m. (2 a.m. ET) and the second attacker struck half an hour later, said Gen. Daud Andrabi, director of the Police Coordination Center in southeastern Afghanistan.

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In the east, a NATO-led service member was killed in a bombing on Saturday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. ISAF didn't specify the precise location or identify the person's nationality.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/afghanistan.violence/
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