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MAIMANA (PAN, were killed and two others wounded in a roadside bombing in the Pashtunkot district of northwestern Faryab province on Thursday, an official said.
The casualties occurred when a car struck a roadside bomb in the Surkhab village, the district’s administrative chief, Abdul Qadeer Qadiri, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
He added all victims — members of the same family — were going to a local bazaar to purchase household items. He blamed the insurgents for planting the bomb ahead of a possible security operation in the area.
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