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Sat 07 Jul 2009Two killed in Afghanistan bomb
One US soldier and an Afghan were killed when a suicide bomber tried to attack a base in southeast Afghanistan today, officials said, two days after a major operation against the Taliban was launched in the south.
The bomber drove a truck towards the base, operated by US-led foreign forces and Afghan troops, in the Zirok district of southeastern Paktika province, said Hamidullah Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
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