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            Blast Reported Outside Foreigners' Guest House in Kabul

   A huge explosion has been reported outside a guest house in Kabul
   housing foreign contractors, including Americans.

   Police say the explosion was felt throughout Kabul and knocked out
   power in the area surrounding the Northgate Hotel near the Kabul
   airport.

   The Taliban says it set off a truck bomb outside the building, causing
   a large number of casualties. There was no independent verification of
   casualties.

   An unidentified person who answered a telephone at the hotel had no
   information about what caused the blast but said all guests are
   accounted for.

   The Taliban has a tradition of exaggerating claims,

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