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Toll of suicide Afghan blast rises to 35


    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The toll of civilians killed in a suicide attack on Monday in the southern Afghan town of Spin Boldak has jumped up to 35, a provincial governor said.

    "Thirty-five people have been killed and 27 wounded,"Kandahar's governor Assadullah Kahlid told a news conference.

    (Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)