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3 blasts kill 13 in Afghan city of Kandahar

Officials say three explosions in a day have killed 13 people in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The dead include a child and four police officers.

Updated on: Jan 5, 2012, 17:17:07 IST
AP | By , Kabul
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Officials say three explosions in a day have killed 13 people in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. The dead include a child and four police officers.

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A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle struck in Tuesday morning in Kandahar, killing four civilians and a policemen.

In the early evening, two more blasts went off within minutes of each other at a central Kandahar intersection. Provincial spokesman Faisal Ahmad says five civilians were killed, including a child, and three policemen died. Ten other people were wounded in the evening's two bombings.

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