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Blast in Afghan west kills at least three - residents
27 Sep 2009 05:34:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
- For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK] (Updates with details on casualties)

HERAT, Afghanistan, Sept 27 (Reuters) - An explosion outside a school on Sunday in Afghanistan's western city of Herat killed three people and wounded 16, residents and a doctor said, but its cause was not immediately clear.

A private television station said the blast was caused by a suicide bomber as a cabinet minister was passing on a road leading to the city's airport.

The network said Ismail Khan, minister for power and water, survived the attack. No government official was available for comment.

(Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Jeremy Laurence)

(For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/afghanistanpakistan)


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