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Blast outside school in Afghan east kills 10 students, one US soldier

by Reuters
Monday, 3 June 2013 08:25 GMT

Gardez, AFGHANISTAN, June 3 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a motorbike packed with explosives outside a boys' high school in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing about 10 students, at least one U.S. soldier, and wounding a further 20 students, officials said.

The blast at about noon in Paktia province had targeted a convoy of U.S. soldiers and Afghan police officers, local officials said. (Reporting By Samiullah Paiwand; Editing by Ron Popeski)

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