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Suicide bomber targets Nato base

Updated on 06 July 2009

Source PA News

A suicide car bomber has struck outside the main Nato base in southern Afghanistan, killing a civilian and wounding eight other people.

The bomber blew himself up near the gates of Kandahar Airfield, border police commander General Saifullah Hakim said.

Those wounded included four civilians and four Afghan soldiers, he said.

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