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Harrowing tale of a bleak Ramadan evening in Kandahar

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): It was the fourth day of Ramadan when a massive explosion shook Kandahar City, an old man narratesa harrowing six years old story.

On Aug 26, 2009, more than 40 civilians were killed and 65 others wounded in the powerful explosion, which devastated dozens of shops near the Spogmai wedding hall on the Ahmad Shahi Stadium road in the sixth police district.

“Minutes before the sundown, I purchased some . . .

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