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Officials say suicide blast kills 18 Afghan police and civilians


    HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide blast killed 18 police and civilians on Thursday in Afghanistan's western province of Farah, officials said.

    The incident occurred in a bazaar near a police station inDel Aram district of Farah, they said.

    "So far, 18 people, including police and civilians, havebeen killed," Farah's governor Rohul Amin told Reuters byphone.

    (Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by David Fogarty)