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An Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman says the governor of a restive eastern province is slightly injured after a bomb exploded in a garbage container outside the governor’s compound.
The midday blast on Thursday broke windows in the building and Gov Tahr Khan Sabari was cut by the glass but not seriously injured,ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary told The Associated Press. He said no one else was injured.
Khost borders Pakistan,where a suicide bomber on Dec 30 killed seven CIA employees at an agency base.
The province is one of Afghanistan’s most troubled. Yesterday,at least 15 people were injured in a blast outside a shop in Khost city,the provincial center.
