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| Bomber strikes Afghan restaurant | Bomber strikes Afghan restaurant |
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| A suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and hurt 25 - many of them children - in an attack on a restaurant in Afghanistan. | A suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and hurt 25 - many of them children - in an attack on a restaurant in Afghanistan. |
| The attack took place in Orgun district near the border with Pakistan. | The attack took place in Orgun district near the border with Pakistan. |
| The governor of the province said the intended victims were a district chief and an army officer, both of whom escaped with minor injuries. | The governor of the province said the intended victims were a district chief and an army officer, both of whom escaped with minor injuries. |
| Militants linked to the Taleban have carried out a wave of attacks in Afghanistan recently. | Militants linked to the Taleban have carried out a wave of attacks in Afghanistan recently. |
| Governor Mohammed Akram Akhpelwak said several provincial officials were hurt in the bombing. | Governor Mohammed Akram Akhpelwak said several provincial officials were hurt in the bombing. |
| He told the Reuters news agency the dead also included members of a militia working alongside US troops in the area. | |
| Nato soldier killed | |
| Sunday's attack is the deadliest since a suicide bombing in Kabul in September killed 16 people, two of them US soldiers. | |
| Separately, Nato forces say they killed at least 50 Taleban fighters in two separate battles in the southern province of Uruzgan on Saturday. | |
| One Nato soldier was also killed, a spokesman for the alliance said. | One Nato soldier was also killed, a spokesman for the alliance said. |
| Villagers in one of the affected areas told the BBC that 12 civilians had been killed in the air strikes but Nato said it could not confirm these claims. | Villagers in one of the affected areas told the BBC that 12 civilians had been killed in the air strikes but Nato said it could not confirm these claims. |
| At least another five Taleban rebels have reportedly died in clashes with Nato troops in Kandahar province. |