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At least 30 dead in Afghan blasts

Mar 13 2010

At least 30 people have been killed and dozens more injured in four suicide attacks in the southern city of Kandahar, the Afghan president's half-brother said.

Ahmed Wali Karzai, a member of the Kandahar provincial council, said a main target of the night attacks was a prison, but no prisoners escaped. In June 2008 a suicide bomber blew apart the Kandahar prison gates and a nearby checkpoint, freeing hundreds of prisoners, many of them suspected insurgents.

Mr Karzai, the half-brother of President Hamid Karzai, said a second explosion occurred close to the police headquarters, and casualties were reported at a wedding hall nearby.

Police officer Mohammad Nahim said at least four policemen were killed.

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