Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex

By Washington Examiner

Published May 17, 2013 4:00am ET

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Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex — A young injured Afghan boy is carried by his father into the emergency room at the hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, May 17, 2013 after a car bomb exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Many people where killed and scores wounded, an official said.(AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) | Allauddin Khan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said.

The blasts happened inside Aino Mina, a housing complex on the northern outskirts of the city that was developed in part by Mahmood Karzai, the president’s younger brother.

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