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Archive for October 30th, 2008

AFGHANISTAN: Two Killed by Bomber at Ministry in Kabul

Posted by warvictims on October 30, 2008

By ABDUL WAHEED WAFA and CARLOTTA GALL
The New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suspected Taliban suicide bomber shot his way into the Ministry of Information and Culture in central Kabul on Thursday, then blew himself up, leaving at least two others dead and severely damaging a kindergarten in the building, officials and witnesses said.

The blast, which also wounded at least 21 people, set off a panicky scramble by parents working at the ministry to find their kindergartners, but only two appeared to be among the wounded, said Kabul’s police chief, Gen. Muhammad Ayub Salangi, after he toured the scene. Read the rest of this entry »

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