Afghanistan

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Deadly blast hits southern Afghanistan
Roadside bombing in Helmand province leaves 19 dead on day Karzai visits Ashoura bombing victims in Kabul.
Last Modified: 07 Dec 2011 15:34
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"Nineteen people including seven women and five children have been killed in today's IED [improvised explosive device] attack," said Ismail. "The seven women are from the same family."
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Ashoura massacre

At least 55 people were killed in a blast in Kabul on Tuesday while commemorating the Shia holy day of Ashoura. A second near-simultaneous strike killed four people and injured 21 in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif as a convoy of Shias was driving past. It was not immediately clear who carried out the attacks but suspicion centred on Sunni armed groups based in neighbouring Pakistan.
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"Without any doubt, the enemies of Afghanistan are trying to separate the Afghan people," President Hamid Karzai said.
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Our correspondent said that while at a burial ceremony in a Kabul cemetery today, people accused Pakistan of having a hand in yesterday's attacks. The group, said to be linked to Al Qaeda, previously claimed responsibility for an October bus attack in Pakistan that led to the deaths of at least 13 Shia Muslims headed to a vegetable market.
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