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KABUL (AP) - An Afghan police official says the death toll from a suicide bombing in western Afghanistan has increased to 13.
Chief of police of Farah province, Gen. Mohammad Faqir Askar, says the suicide bomber was on a motorcycle and blew himself up in a crowded square near a bus station. Thirty people were wounded.
Askar says the dead included one police officer and many of the wounded were children.
Provincial governor Rohul Amin says Friday's deadly blast occurred about 50 meters (55 yards) from his compound.
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KABUL (AP) - Afghan officials say a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle in western Afghanistan has killed six people and wounded 36 others.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said Friday a police officer was among the injured in the morning explosion in Farah province. A doctor at the hospital in Farah, Shir Agh Asas, says many of the wounded are children.
Provincial governor Rohul Amin says the deadly blast occurred about 50 meters (55 yards) from his compound.
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