Blast at picnic site kills at least 60 Afghans (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 02/17/2008 - 3:38am

Afghan policemen stand near the site of a suicide attack on the western edge of Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Feb. 17. 2008.<br /><br />A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded dozens more Sunday, a governor said.<br /><br />It appeared to be the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)Reuters - A suspected suicide bomb attack at a picnic spot in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Sunday killed at least 60 people, and possibly as many as 80, the provincial governor said.



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