VOA60: October 15, 2021

In Afghanistan, a suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Muslim religious center in Kandahar kills 47 people and injures 70.

Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in by telephone in an effort to increase security ties hurt by tense relations.

In Cameroon, defense officials say a mob hanged a military policeman accused of killing a five-year-old girl when he fired on a car in Buea.

And in Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen promises to assist families of victims of a fire that killed 46 people

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To increase security ties hurt by intense relations.

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