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25 killed, 18 injured in Kabul bombing

03:56 PM Mar 21, 2018 | Team Udayavani |

Kabul (Afghanisthan): A suicide bomber blew himself up near a shrine here today, killing at least 26 people and 18 injured.

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According to eyewitnesses, all those killed in the blast were civilians.

It has been reported that, as people celebrated the Nawruz holiday marking the start of the Persian New Year. Nawruz, is widely celebrated in Afghanistan but has also faced opposition from some fundamentalist Muslims, who say it is un-Islamic.

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