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Two Blasts Rock Afghan Capital

by VOA News

   Authorities say two explosions have hit Afghanistan's capital.

   "We have three martyred and six wounded, all civilians," Kabul Police
   Chief Dawood Amin told the French news agency Monday.

   However, other reports put the number of killed at six, with 14
   wounded. The Associated Press says one of those killed was a
   journalist.

   Official say the blasts rocked central Kabul, an area that houses
   foreign offices and Afghanistan's spy agency.