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Bus strikes roadside bomb in Afghanistan, 5 civilians killed

KABUL - Police say a roadside bomb has killed five Afghan civilians in an eastern province.

Deputy provincial police chief Maj. Mohammad Hussain says a bus full of people struck the explosives Sunday morning while driving near Ghazni city, capital of the province of the same name. He says another 11 people were wounded, and the dead include women and children. The bus was travelling from Kabul to the southern city of Kandahar.

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