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Suicide Bomber Kills Kandahar Deputy Governor

   VOA News  January 29, 2011

   Afghan  officials  say a suicide bomber has killed the deputy governor
   of the southern Kandahar province and wounded five people.
   Authorities  say the bomber, who was on a motorcycle, attacked the car
   of  Abdul  Latif  Ashna  Saturday  as he was on his way to work in the
   provincial capital, Kandahar city.
   The   French  news  agency,  AFP,  reports  the  Taliban  has  claimed
   responsibility for the attack.
   Kandahar is considered the spiritual home of the Taliban.
   On  Friday, a suicide bomber killed nine people at a Kabul supermarket
   frequented by foreigners.
   The  Taliban  also  claimed  responsibility  for  that  attack  in the
   nation's capital.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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