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Taliban claim assassination of Kandahar mayor
KABUL : The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed the mayor of Kandahar , the
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KABUL: The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that killed the mayor of Kandahar, the group said in a text message to AFP.
The murder of Ghulam Haidar Hameedi is the latest in a string of political assassinations of allies of President Hamid Karzai in the critical southern region as some foreign troops begin to depart the almost 10-year conflict.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011
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