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Suicide bomber blows up car in Kabul, several killed

Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:25pm EST
KABUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber set off explosives inside a car near an Afghan government security office in Kabul on Saturday, a military spokesman said, and eyewitnesses said a number of people were killed.

General Zahir Azimi, a Defence Ministry spokesman, said the suicide bomber had detonated two rockets.


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