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Nimroz Bombings Kill Shura Member
[Quqnoos] Taliban insurgents, including suicide bombers, attacked the governor's compound in the south western Afghan province of Nimroz on Wednesday, officials saidMohammad Mustafa Rasoli, a senior intelligence official in the province, said two suicide bombers had blown themselves up outside the compound and a gunbattle between the insurgents and security forces was still going on. At least a female member of the provincial council member and a police were killed in the explosions. The Taliban have launched a series of attacks in the Afghan south in recent weeks, targeting government buildings and officials. The attacks come only weeks ahead of a major military offensive in southern Kandahar province. A Taliban spokesman confirmed the Islamist group was behind the Nimroz attack. "Seven bombers and two gunmen are involved in the attack. Two of the bombers have set off their explosives and the others are locked in a gunbattle," said Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi. Nimroz is a largely desert province that shares a long border with Iran and lies next to Helmand, Afghanistan's most violent province. Posted by: Fred 2010-05-06 |
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