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KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber killed six people Monday at the funeral of a provincial governor who was assassinated by the Taliban in another assault on the Afghan government. Four senior Cabinet ministers escaped injury.
The attack occurred near a tent where more than 1,000 people had congregated in the Tani district of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan. The bombing caused carnage and chaos, and police fired into the air to control panicked mourners who feared there might be a second blast.See the full content of this document
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Bomber Targets Funeral in Afghanistan
The funeral was for Gov. Abdul Hakim Taniwal, who was killed Sunday with two other people in a suicide attack outside his office in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province. Taniwal was the most senior official slain in a series of Taliban assaults.
The U.S. military blamed "a Taliban ...See the full content of this document
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