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Car bomb attack kills at least 30 in Afghanistan


    GARDEZ Afghanistan (Reuters) - A car packed with explosives exploded on Monday at a crowded market in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika, killing at least 30 people and wounded 40, police said.

    "Right now, police are taking all the wounded to hospitals," a local deputy police chief, Nissar Ahmad Abdulrahimzai, told Reuters.

    (Writing by Samihullah Paiwand, Writing by Maria Golovnina; Editing by Ron Popeski)