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| A suicide bomber has killed at least seven people and hurt 20 others in an attack on a restaurant in south-eastern Afghanistan, a local official has said. | A suicide bomber has killed at least seven people and hurt 20 others in an attack on a restaurant in south-eastern Afghanistan, a local official has said. |
| The attack took place in the Urgun district in Paktika province, on the border with Pakistan. | |
| Most of those killed in the blast were civilians, governor Mohammed Akram Akhpelwak told the Reuters news agency. | Most of those killed in the blast were civilians, governor Mohammed Akram Akhpelwak told the Reuters news agency. |
| Militants linked to the ousted Taleban administration have carried out a wave of attacks in Afghanistan recently. | Militants linked to the ousted Taleban administration have carried out a wave of attacks in Afghanistan recently. |
| Mr Akhpelwak told the Associated Press news agency several provincial officials were hurt in the attack. | Mr Akhpelwak told the Associated Press news agency several provincial officials were hurt in the attack. |
| The attack's intended targets may have been a senior provincial official and an Afghan special forces commander, he said. | The attack's intended targets may have been a senior provincial official and an Afghan special forces commander, he said. |
| Separately, Nato forces say they have killed at least 55 Taleban fighters in two separate battles in the southern province of Oruzgan. | |
| One Nato soldier was also killed, a spokesman for the alliance said. |