Attack on Government Building in Afghan Capital Leaves 43 Dead: Official

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KABUL—Afghan authorities on Dec. 25, collected 43 bodies from a government compound in the capital Kabul that was targeted by a suicide bomber and extremists armed with assault rifles on Monday, officials said.

The attack began when the suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car in front of a government building that houses a public welfare department in an eastern neighborhood of Kabul.