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Suicide bomber kills 6 in Afghan southeast


    KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked an Afghan government building and killed six people, including four children, on Sunday in the south-eastern province of Khost, a provincial official said.

    The bomber used a car in the attack, part of the latest spell of rising violence this year in Afghanistan, the bloodiest period since Taliban's removal in 2001.

    Two of the six killed in the attack on Ismail Kheil's district headquarters, were security forces, Dawlat Qayoumi told reporters.

    "The attack has also caused damage to the building," he said.

    (Writing by Sayed Salahuddin, Editing by Jeremy Laurence)