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Suicide Attacker Strikes Afghan Army Recruiting Office

   VOA News  March 14, 2011
   Afghan  policemen  and  security  personnel in plain clothes pick up a
   dead  body  after  a  suicide  attack at an army recruitment center in
   Kunduz March 14, 2011.

Photo: REUTERS

   Afghan  policemen  and  security personnel pick up a dead body after a
   suicide  attack  at  an  army  recruitment center in Kunduz, March 14,
   2011.

   Afghan  officials say a suicide bomber has attacked an army recruiting
   office in the country's north, killing at least 36 people.
   Authorities  say at least 42 others were wounded in Monday's attack in
   the   city  of  Kunduz.   Victims  include  soldiers,  civilians  and
   volunteers who wanted to join the army.
   It  was the second attack on the center. Eight security personnel were
   killed  when  militants stormed the recruiting compound in December of
   last year.
   Kunduz  province  and  some  other  parts of northern Afghanistan have
   witnessed increased violence in recent months.

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

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