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Car bomb outside Afghan hospital kills at least 60

The Columbian
Published: June 23, 2011, 5:00pm

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan authorities say the death toll from a car bombing outside a medical clinic in eastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 60.

The Afghan Health Ministry says some 120 people also were wounded in Saturday’s blast in the Azra district of Logar province, some 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Kabul.

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