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AFGHANISTAN

Blast in restive south kills 8

A bomb attached to a bicycle exploded in a busy market in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 38, an Afghan official said. Earlier reports from Helmand province said a suicide bomber on foot had caused the blast, close to a group of local officials handing out seeds to villagers as part of a program to dissuade people from growing opium poppy.