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Taliban Truck Bomb Kills 13 Kids in Kabul

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 9, 2009 5:46 AM CDT

(AP) – A massive truck bomb near Kabul killed 25 people today, including 13 primary school students, and sent pieces of the vehicle flying more than a mile from the blast, reports the AP. The truck overturned in the road last night, and when police arrived this... Read full story »

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