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KABUL — A U.S. service member was killed Thursday in an insurgent attack in the country’s south, a U.S. military official said, raising to 35 the number of American troops to die in the Afghan war this month. A U.S. military spokeswoman confirmed the death but released no further details.

Also Thursday, two leading candidates in the Aug. 20 presidential election faced each other in an unprecedented television debate — which went ahead despite a decision by President Hamid Karzai not to take part.