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Afghan official says 40 killed, wounded in suicide blast

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Mohammad Ayoub Haqyar, a government official in the Emam Saheb district of Kunduz province, said the suicide bomber struck as people lined up to collect identification cards.

Kunduz has become increasingly violent as Afghanistan's growing Taliban-led insurgency spreads out of strongholds in the south and east.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011 
Copyright Reuters, 2011