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AP News in Brief

AP News in Brief. Snow piles up, paralyzing nation's capital, suburbs; 2-plus feet could set modern-day record
 

Afghan police kill seven boys collecting firewood

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Seven Afghan boys were shot dead on Saturday by police who mistook them for insurgents, a provincial police official said.
 

5 Afghan border security guards killed in south

Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan border security guards in country's south. A roadside bomb killed five Afghan border security guards traveling on a heavily used road in southern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Sunday.
 

Five Afghan border guards killed by roadside bomb

Five Afghan border guards were killed when a roadside bomb blast hit their patrol in the troubled southern province of Kandahar Sunday, police said.
 

Vote fraud allegations mount in Afghanistan

Afghan vote fraud allegations mount, threatening credibility of election. The outcry over alleged vote fraud in Afghanistan's election escalated Sunday, with President Hamid Karzai's chief opponent charging that turnout figures were padded and the chief fraud investigator saying some of the allegations were serious enough to influence the outcome if true.
 

Seven killed in twin Afghan suicide attacks: officials

Seven people including civilians, soldiers and policemen were killed Sunday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a taxi stop in southern Afghanistan, authorities said.