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15 wounded in blast at southern Afghanistan polling station: hospital

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AFP Kandahar

At least 15 people were wounded Saturday when a bomb exploded at a polling station in southern Afghanistan, a hospital official said, hours after voting got underway in the presidential election.

An "explosion took place outside a polling centre in the city of Kandahar, and 15 people -- all men -- were injured and were brought to the hospital," Naimatullah, the head of a regional hospital who only has one name, told AFP.

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First Published: Sep 28 2019 | 10:45 AM IST

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