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3 killed, 31 injured in Afghan suicide car bombing

Atleastthreepeoplewerekilledand31othersinjuredafterasuicidecarbombingstruckapolicecheckpointinLashkarGah,capitalofAfghanistan'ssouthernprovinceofHelmandonMonday

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Displaced Afghan families seek assistance, plead for lasting peace amid increasing strife

"Our living conditions are becoming unbearable due to the security situation here getting worse and we are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance to survive, particularly as Afghanistan's bone-chilling winter is fast-approaching," head of a displaced family, Bismillah, 35, told Xinhua recently.