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Two Blasts Hit Kandahar During Governor's Talks With UAE Diplomat

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Two explosions hit a hotel in Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday during a meeting between the governor of Kandahar province, a local police chief, and a high-ranking UAE diplomat, TOLO News television reported. Nine were killed and 16 injured, local TV reported.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the TOLO News broadcaster, the UAE ambassador to Afghanistan, another UAE diplomat and the Kandahar governor, Hamayun Azizi, were wounded in the explosion.

At least four Arab bodyguards were killed, the broadcaster said, citing the governor’s spokesman Samim Khpolwak.

Earlier in the day, a suicide bomb and car bomb attacks occurred near the government buildings in the Afghan capital of Kabul near the parliament offices killing at least 38 people.

Taliban has taken responsibility for the Kabul attack.

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