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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan officials say that a suicide bomber has killed 'at least 45' people in an attack on a volleyball tournament in the country's east.
Mokhis Afghan, spokesman for the provincial governor of Paktika province, bordering Pakistan, says the attack happened during an inter-district tournament attended by a large crowed in the Yahyakhail district late Sunday afternoon.
The suicide bomber was on foot in the crowd, he says.
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