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8 Die in Afghan Explosion

   VOA News  February 27, 2011
   The  lifeless  body of a dog is seen as Afghan police officers, right,
   look  at  the  wreckage  of  a car after an explosion in the Arghandab
   district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, February 27, 2011

Photo: AP

   The  lifeless  body of a dog is seen as Afghan police officers, right,
   look  at  the  wreckage  of  a car after an explosion in the Arghandab
   district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, February 27, 2011

   Officials  in  Afghanistan say two bomb blasts in the southern part of
   the country have killed at least eight people watching a dog fight.
   Authorities   say  Sunday's  explosions  went  off  in  the  Arghandab
   district, on the outskirts of Kandahar city.
   Police say five of their officers were wounded in the explosions.
   There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack, although the
   Taliban considers dogfighting un-Islamic.
   Dogfighting is popular in southern Afghanistan.
   An  ISAF  service  member also died Sunday in a bomb blast in southern
   Afghanistan.

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