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At least 20 killed in Afghan Shiite mosque attack: officials
KHOST, Afghanistan, Aug 3, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 20 people were killed
and dozens more wounded in a suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in eastern
Afghanistan Friday, officials said, warning that the toll could rise.
“We have 20 people killed and around 50 others were wounded,” General Raz
Mohammad Mandozai, provincial police chief of Paktia province, near the
Pakistan border, told AFP. A second official said there were at least 70 dead
and wounded in the attack.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1751 hrs