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                     Roadside Bomb Kills 13 in Afghanistan

   Authorities say a roadside bomb has killed at least 13 people in
   southern Afghanistan.
   Provincial officials say the blast hit a vehicle carrying Afghan
   civilians as it traveled on a dirt road in the Maiwand district of
   Kandahar province. They said traffic had been diverted from the main
   road following a separate explosion targeting foreign troops.
   The blast comes two days after Afghans cast their ballots for president
   and members of their local provincial council. The Taliban had
   threatened to disrupt Saturday`s vote, but the election took place amid
   relative peace after several high profile attacks targeting
   politicians, journalists and security forces in previous weeks.
   Voters chose a successor to Afghan President Hamid Karzai who can not
   run for a third term and has been in office since U.S.-led forces
   ousted the Taliban government in 2001.
   Afghan election monitoring groups said Monday this year`s election was
   "less fraudulent" than the 2009 presidential vote, but are asking
   candidates who suspect vote tampering to report any issues to the
   Electoral Complaints Commission.
   Officials have begun counting ballots and preliminary results are
   expected on April 24.
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