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Four killed in Afghan bomb blast

An explosion has killed four policemen and wounded 14 people in a bazaar in southern Afghanistan today.

The blast happened close to a mosque in the town of Gereshk in the Helmand province.

It came on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday when many worshippers gather to pray in mosques to mark the end of Ramadan.

British forces in Helmand were preparing to airlift the wounded police by helicopter to a military hospital.