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His visit comes a day after a suicide bomber killed 33 people and wounded dozens of others in an attack near Kabul University in the nation's capital, according to the Associated Press.
The suicide attack happened in Lashkar Gah, the capital of opium poppy-rich Helmand province, as spectators were leaving a wrestling match at the stadium, provincial governor spokesman Omar Zwak told AFP.
The auto was reportedly driven into a crowd outside the stadium.
Witnesses told police the bomb had been hidden inside a drum carried by the attacker, which detonated as onlookers got closer, Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid told AFP.
Photos posted on Twitter purportedly of the explosion showed a huge fire and a thick plume of black smoke rising into the sky.
There were fears the figure could rise, however, with the health ministry giving a higher toll of 29 people killed and 52 wounded.
The Italian NGO Emergency said four dead and 35 wounded had been taken to its hospital in the city.
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Helmand is heavily dominated by the Taliban, and there are no known Islamic State operations in the area.
Taliban and IS militants have increasingly targeted the war-weary city in recent months as U.S. and Afghan forces ramp up airstrikes and ground offensives against the groups.
The attack, which followed a suicide blast in Kabul on Wednesday that was claimed by the Islamic State group (IS), underlined the continued threat of violence across much of Afghanistan with the approach of spring, when fighting tends to pick up.
Violence there has remained high most of the time since Afghan resistance forces and USA airstrikes toppled the militants' government in late 2001. While many foreign fighters have been active in the country, most are from neighbouring countries like Pakistan or Uzbekistan.
The Taliban, Afghanistan's largest militant group, faces growing pressure to take up a recent offer by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani of peace talks to end the 16-year war.
President Ashraf Ghani in a statement condemned the attack and said, "The enemies of Afghanistan can not prevent the celebration of traditional, religious and cultural events in the country".
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