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'Afghan soldier' kills CIA staff

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Eight Americans - who were working for the CIA - have been killed in a suicide attack inside a base in south-eastern Afghanistan.

Six Americans were also wounded when when the bomber managed to get inside the base in Khost province, close to the border with Pakistan.

In a separate incident, four Canadian soldiers and a journalist were killed in a roadside bomb attack in Kandahar.

Emily Buchanan reports.

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