On 22 January 2022, a bomb

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, Afghanistan. It killed at least 7

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s and injured 9 others. The bomb was attached to the vehicle's fuel tank. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, which the

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said they will investigate. Three of the wounded were critically injured. The bus was located in a Shia-majority neighbourhood.

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