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Fire Destroys 43 Shops in Northern Afghanistan Market

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Kabul, March 22 (IANS) At least 43 shops were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out at a local market in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, the provincial department of information and culture said in a statement.The blaze erupted in Ab Jim market in Raghistan district, said the statement on Saturday evening, adding that preliminary estimations indicate that shop owners have inflicted damages worth nearly 22 million afghanis (around 349,000 US dollars).The cause of the fire remains un…