Afghan Leader's Brother Escapes Suicide Blast Unhurt

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

KABUL (Reuters) – Six people were killed and at least 40 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on government buildings in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, officials said, but a brother of the Afghan president who was in one of the offices was unhurt.

The blast occurred on a road between the main intelligence office in the southern city of Kandahar and a compound used by the provincial government council. The council is led by Ahmad Wali Karzai, a brother of President Hamid Karzai.

Wali Karzai said the force of the blast smashed windows in the compound, wounding some people inside.

"Half of the building has been destroyed," Wali Karzai told Reuters by telephone.

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