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19 August 2012| last updated at 12:05PM

Bomb hidden in cemetery kills 2 in Afghanistan



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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Afghan police say a bomb has exploded in a cemetery in the southern Afghan city of Lashkar Gah, killing two men whose brother is a lawmaker for Helmand province.

 

Provincial Deputy Police Chief Ghulam Rabbani says the bomb was buried near the grave of a relative of parliamentarian Abdulwadood Popal, who was not present. A number of his family members had gone to the cemetery to pay their respects after morning prayers for the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.  
 
Rabbani says another seven members of the family were wounded in Sunday’s blast. -- AP

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