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Urgent: Explosion rocks New Year celebration in S. Afghanistan

Xinhua,March 23, 2018 Adjust font size:

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Casualties were feared after a blast ripped through a sports stadium in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand on Friday when people were celebrating the Afghan New Year, authorities said. Enditem