Suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 8 children

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Suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 8 children

March 09, 2013 09:50 AM (Last updated: March 09, 2013 10:04 AM)

Afghan Army soldiers stop people from advancing the Afghan Defense Ministry after a suicide bomber on a bicycle struck outside the ministry, killing at least nine Afghan civilians as U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

KABUL: A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed eight children and one policeman, officials said, adding the target of the strike was Afghan and international forces.

"A suicide attacker blew up his explosives on a road beside a joint patrol of Afghan police and international forces in the city of Khost," the provincial governor of Khost said in a statement.

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A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed eight children and one policeman, officials said, adding the target of the strike was Afghan and international forces.

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