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Suicide blast kills 10 in Afghanistan

A suicide bomber has killed 10 people including two policemen and wounded another 27 in southern Afghanistan, the police chief of Helmand province said Monday.

"Ten people including two policemen were killed and another 27 including two policemen were wounded in the suicide attack today," provincial police chief Assadullah Shairzad told AFP.

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    An Afghan soldier keeps watch at a checkpoint in Kabul. A suicide bomber has killed 10 people including two policemen in southern Afghanistan

    © 2007 AFP Shah Marai

     

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