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Suicide attack kills 8 in Afghanistan

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  • Blast happened in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan, officials say
  • No NATO troops among the 20 wounded, police say
  • Two police officers among the wounded, police say
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KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide attack targeting coalition forces in southern Afghanistan killed eight civilians and wounded 20 others, a police official said Thursday.

Two police officers were among the wounded in in Kandahar, said Sayed Agha Saqib, a provincial police chief.

A police chief told The Associated Press that no NATO troops were wounded in the blast Thursday. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

Journalist Farhad Peikar contributed to the report.

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