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Blast hits Afghanistan's Kandahar


    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A loud explosion on Tuesday hit the southern Afghan province of Kandahar where more than 140 people, most of them civilians, were killed in two suspected suicide raids in the past two days, witnesses said.

    Tuesday's blast happened in an area inside Kandahar city,but it was not immediately clear what caused it and if therewere any casualties, they said.

    (Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Jerry Norton)