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title: "URGENT: 24 dead, 91 wounded in Kabul twin blasts: health ministry"
description: "The death toll from Monday's Taliban double suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul jumped to 24 with 91 wounded, the health ministry said."
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# URGENT: 24 dead, 91 wounded in Kabul twin blasts: health ministry

> The death toll from Monday's Taliban double suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul jumped to 24 with 91 wounded, the health ministry said.

By AFP · Published 5 September 2016, 17:23 SAST

## Content

"The attack killed 24 people and left 91 others wounded, some of them seriously," ministry spokesman Waheed Majroh told AFP, warning that the toll could rise further.

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