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		</div><p>The death toll in a powerful suicide truck bombing that struck a guest house in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 21, with as many as 90 other people injured, officials said.</p>
<p>No-one immediately claimed responsibility for the late Friday night bombing in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Logar province.</p>
<p>There was no indication why the guest house was targeted. In Afghanistan, guest houses are lodgings often provided for free by the government, usually for the poor, travellers and students.</p>
<p>The interior ministry quickly blamed the Taliban, although there was no initial claim of responsibility by the group.</p>
<p>The attack came on the eve of the official date set for the start of the final withdrawal of US and Nato troops from Afghanistan.</p>
<p>The Taliban, who had demanded that all US troops pull out of Afghanistan by May 1, have not offered any guarantees for the safety of the departing troops.</p>
<p>There was no indication the bombing was connected to the pullout and there are no US or Nato troops in Logar province.</p>
<p>Hasib Stanikzai, head of the Logar provincial council, said that at the time of the attack, a group of local police were staying at the guest house, waiting for transportation home.</p>
<p>Other rooms were occupied by students from more remote districts who had come to the provincial capital for university entrance exams.</p>
<p>Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the attack was under investigation and that the roof of the guesthouse had collapsed in the bombing.</p>
<p>There were fears bodies could be trapped beneath the rubble, he said.</p>
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