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Bomb Kills Five in Afghanistan; Election Delayed

HeadlineMar 17, 2005

In Afghanistan today, five people died in simultaneous bomb blasts in the southern city of Kandahar. Another 31 people were injured. The attack came as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Kabul meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. After their meeting, Karzai announced the upcoming Afghan parliamentary elections would be pushed back from May to September.

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