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Death toll from Afg suicide bombing rises to 20: hospital source

GreenWatch Desk World News 2024-03-21, 11:03pm

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(BSS) - The death toll from a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's Kandahar early Thursday has reached at least 20 people, a source at a major hospital in the southern city told AFP.

"Mirwais Hospital has received 20 people killed since this morning from the explosion," the source said on condition of anonymity. Taliban officials have said three people were killed and 12 wounded in the attack, which targeted a bank.