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Afghan girls’ school bombing kills at least 68, raises fear of more violence as US withdraws | South China Morning Post

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Explosions outside a school in Afghanistan's capital Kabul have killed at least 68 people and wounded at least 165 others, many of them teenage girls. A government spokesman said a car bomb detonated in the afternoon of May 8, 2021, as schoolgirls were leaving class and that two more bombs exploded afterwards as mor…

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