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2008 Kandahar bombing
Location	Kandahar, Afghanistan
Date	February 17, 2008
Attack type	Suicide attack
Death(s)	100+
Perpetrator(s)	Unknown: legal proceedings have not yet taken place.
Suspected perpetrator(s)	Taliban, Islamic Party of Mullah Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, or independent jihadists

The 2008 Kandahar bombing of February 17, 2008 in Kandahar, Afghanistan, was an attack targeting a crowd of people watching a dog-fighting competition. With more than 100 killed, it was the deadliest attack on Afghan soil since 2001.^[1]

[edit] References

^ "BBC NEWS". 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7250193.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-20.

[edit] External links

In pictures: Afghanistan blast, BBC News

[0] "BBC NEWS". 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7250193.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-20.

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