Car bomb outside Afghan hospital kills at least 60

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9712860

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan authorities say the death toll from a car bombing outside a medical clinic in eastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 60.

The Afghan Health Ministry says some 120 people also were wounded in Saturday's blast in the Azra district of Logar province, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Kabul.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A car bomb blew up outside a hospital in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 25 people, Afghan authorities said.

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1. Scores killed in attack on Afghan clinic

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/06/20116258311429616.html

At least 60 people have been killed in a suicide bombing attack at a medical clinic in Afghanistan's Logar province, just south of the capital, Kabul.

The ministry of public health said 120 others were wounded in the blast, which struck in Azra district on Saturday.

"As a result of this heartbreaking incident, 60 of our countrymen including children, women, youths and men ... have been martyred and 120 others including health workers have been injured," the statement said.

Din Mohammad Darwaish, the Logar provincial spokesman, said the bomber had been driving an "an SUV packed with explosives".

"The target of the blast is not clear but what is obvious is that a hospital was attacked and civilians were killed ... The casualties are all patients, their visitors and relatives and hospital personnel."

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2. Another link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13914252

Who bombs a hospital? What did these poor people do to deserve this?
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