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                     Suicide Bomber Kills 11 in Afghanistan

   Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside government
   buildings in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people,
   including a local senior politician.
   Police said Monday`s blast outside the Baghlan provincial council
   building killed the head of the provincial council, Rasoul Mohseni.
   Some of his bodyguards were among those killed or the several people
   wounded.
   The attack comes just ahead of Afghan President Hamid Karzai`s trip to
   India where he is expected to ask for help in strengthening the Afghan
   military and security institutions.
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