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Bombers success mixed

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy market district yesterday in central Afghanistan, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than a dozen, provincial officials said. The attack occurred in the town of Dihrawud, as the area was packed with shoppers and vendors gathered for the weekly bazaar.

Police also said yesterday that four would-be suicide bombers were killed the night before near Kandahar, when their carload of explosives set off prematurely.