Afghan President Hamid Karzai, second left, talking with the families of the victims of suicide bomb blast in Paktika yesterday. At least 42 people were confirmed to have been killed and around 67 others injured in the suicide attack in Orgun district of Paktika province, according to ministry spokesman General Zahir Azimi. He had previously said 89 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack.

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