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33 killed in Afghan Army office suicide attack
Thirty-three Afghans were killed Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside an army recruiting office in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, a provincial spokesman said.
Recruits die in Afghan bomb attack
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Attack on Afghan Army Recruiting Center Kills 35
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Petraeus urges non-military funding for Afghan war
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Afghan, U.S. officials discuss strategic relationship
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Backgrounder: Major bombing attacks in Afghanistan since start of 2011
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Suicide attack kills 35, Taliban claim responsibility
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35 killed, 33 wounded in N Afghan blast
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Suicide attack on army centre kills 37 in Afghanistan
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Suicide bomber kills at least 33 in Afghanistan
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Obama Meets With Rasmussen on Afghanistan
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Soldier from Conn. killed in Afghanistan
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Taliban blast kills 36
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JBLM soldier killed in Afghanistan
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