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Blast in Afghan city of Kandahar Car bomb injures six in Kandahar
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An explosion has rocked the centre of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. At least six people have been injured after a car bomb exploded outside a hotel in the centre of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, police say.
A police spokesman told the Associated Press that a car bomb had been detonated outside a hotel, injuring at least six people, two seriously. Witnesses told the Associated Press the blast had shattered the windows of the four-storey Noor Jehan Hotel, where many Afghan journalists are based.
Witnesses told the news agency the blast had shattered the windows of the four-story Noor Jehan Hotel. Police at the scene said it was unclear if it was a suicide attack.
Earlier this week, three suicide bombers tried to seize the compound of the Afghan intelligence agency in the city, injuring 10 people. On Monday, three suicide bombers tried to attack an intelligence compound in the city, leaving 10 people injured.