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My children ask where is our father, says a widow

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KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): A widow, who lost her husband in a suicide explosion, in southeastern Khost province complains she has been struggling to feed her children in the face of extreme poverty.

Shakila, 35, told Pajhwok Afghan News she was originally from northern Baghlan province and was currently living in Khost City, the provincial capital, since four years.

Her husband would carry goods from one place to another in a cart and would sometimes work as daily wager, she recalled. He was killed in a suicide attack which targeted a US forces’ convoy in the . . .

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