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NATO troops, Western civilians among 8 killed in Afghanistan

Five NATO troops also died in roadside bombings.

An Afghan military serviceman holds the US flag during a press conference attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on July 7, 2012.

MASSOUD HOSSAINI

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