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    October 29, 2011

Deadly Attacks Hit Afghanistan

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   US soldiers check the site of a suicide car bombing in Kabul,
   Afghanistan, October 29, 2011. Photo: AP
   US soldiers check the site of a suicide car bombing in Kabul,
   Afghanistan, October 29, 2011.

   Afghan officials say a suicide car bomber has attacked a convoy of
   foreign troops in the capital, Kabul, killing as many as 10 people.
   Authorities say the bomber targeted a NATO bus Saturday in the
   Darulaman area.
   An interior ministry spokesman said the dead included three civilians
   and a police officer.
   A NATO statement says initial reports indicate "several" casualties
   among service members and local Afghan nationals.
   In a separate incident Saturday in southern Afghanistan, NATO says two
   service members were killed when an individual wearing an Afghan
   National Army uniform turned his weapon on Afghan and coalition forces.
   The international alliance says the shooter was killed in the incident.
   Meanwhile, authorities say a female suicide bomber in eastern
   Afghanistan blew herself up outside the local branch of Afghanistan's
   spy agency.
   Officials say the woman targeted the National Directorate of Security
   in Asadabad in Kunar province Saturday.
   The French news agency says two guards were wounded in the attack.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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