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2020-08-10 Afghanistan
10 Civilians Total Killed in Kabul, Kandahar Blasts
[ToloNews] At least 10 non-combatants were killed in a blast in Kabul and another in Kandahar on Sunday amid rising hopes for peace as the Loya Jirga delegates approved the release of high-value Taliban
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prisoners, a key step hoped to open the way for intra-Afghan negotiations.

The two explosions happened on Sunday afternoon. The first happened in the west of Kabul at a market in Company Bazaar area.

According to the Interior Affairs Ministry, the bomb was placed on a pushcart in the market and went kaboom! when the area was about to be cordoned off by police forces who were attempting to defuse it.

The blast left two civilians, including a woman, dead and five coppers maimed, according to the ministry.

Another explosion happened in Arghistan district of the southern province of Kandahar when a civilian vehicle hit a roadside kaboom in Sheen Nari village in the district, the ministry said.

The ministry added in a statement that the Kandahar roadside kabooming killed eight civilians.

This comes amid increasing efforts by the government to kickstart the much-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations.

No group has grabbed credit for the blasts.
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