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ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 (KUNA) -- At least five children were killed on Monday in
a failed assassination bid on a district chief in Southern Afghanistan, said a
report.
A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a police truck, carrying a
district official, in a market in Dand district of Kandahar province, citing
Afghan interior ministry statement the state-run Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN)
reported.
Five children who were near the site of the blast were killed, said the
statement. The PNA said that the target Ahmadullah Nazak, the chief of Dand
district, adding that he remained unhurt but his bodyguard was wounded. (end)
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