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Suicide bomber kills 5 in Afghanistan: Governor

Kabul, May 20: A suicide bomber killed five people and wounded at least 35 others in the southern Afghan province of Paktia today, the province's governor said.

The bomber detonated his explosives in a street market in the city of Gardez, about 100 km (60 miles) south of the Afghan capital Kabul, Paktia governor Rahmatullah Rahmat said.

A suicide bomber killed nine people, including three German soldiers, in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.

REUTERS

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