Toll passes 100 dead in Afghan bomb attack; target warned of suicide bombers

  • 12/15/2022
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb 18, SPA -- An Afghan governor told amosque filled with mourners Monday he had warned the targetof the country's deadliest suicide attack that militantbombers were trying to kill him, while the death toll roseto more than 100, AP reported. Afghans buried relatives and friends in the southern cityof Kandahar on Monday, a day after a suicide bomber blewhimself up in a crowd of men and boys watching a dogfighting competition. Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid told The Associated Pressthe death toll had risen to more than 100, up from 80reported killed on Sunday.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/528080

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