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7 oil workers die in Afghanistan blast

KABUL: At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan yesterday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in the northern province of Balkh, while another blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad injured six people.

Balkh province is home to one of Afghanistan’s main dry ports in the town of Hairatan, near the border with Uzbekistan, which has rail and road links to Central Asia. Police were searching for a culprit behind the explosion on the vehicle.

Another blast later near the money exchange market in Jalalabad injured six people, police said. The cause of both blasts was not clear.

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