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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A provincial governor said Monday he had warned an anti-Taliban militia leader targeted in Afghanistan's deadliest suicide attack since the 2001 invasion that militants were trying to kill him. The death toll rose to more than 100.
Afghans buried relatives and friends in the southern city of Kandahar on Monday, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of men and boys watching a dog fighting competition.
Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid told The Associated Press the death toll had risen to more than 100, up from 80. Most victims were killed immediately, though some of the scores of Afghans critically wounded had died, Khalid said. He did not give a precise toll.
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