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| At least eight dead in Afghanistan Kabul blast | |
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| At least eight people have been killed and more than 100 injured by a powerful car bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul early on Friday morning, health officials have told the BBC. | |
| Police say that the bomb went off in the Shah Shahid area of the city. | Police say that the bomb went off in the Shah Shahid area of the city. |
| A medic quoted by the Reuters news agency said that injured people including children were rushing to a nearby hospital for treatment. | A medic quoted by the Reuters news agency said that injured people including children were rushing to a nearby hospital for treatment. |
| A security source told Reuters that the target was probably an army compound. | A security source told Reuters that the target was probably an army compound. |
| The source said that the number of fatalities was expected to rise. | The source said that the number of fatalities was expected to rise. |
| The BBC's Khalil Noori says that the powerful blast damaged shops and houses and that most of the casualties are civilians. | |
| On Thursday at least six people, including three policemen, were killed in a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan. | |
| A lorry filled with explosives was detonated outside a police compound in Puli Alam, capital of Logar province. | |
| The Taliban claimed the bombing, the first major attack since the militants confirmed last week that their leader, Mullah Omar, was dead. | |
| On Monday the Afghan Taliban released a video which they said showed members of the group pledging allegiance to the new leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour. |