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Masood injured in landmine blast

MOSCOW, SEPT. 9. The anti-Taliban Northern Alliance military chief, Mr. Ahmad Shah Masood, was injured and one of his bodyguards killed in a landmine blast in the Afghan province of Takhar, the Itar-Tass news agency reported quoting military sources.

According to the agency, Mr. Masood was travelling in his vehicle in Khoja Bahautdin town when the landmine went off. No other details were available immediately.

- PTI

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