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Bomb blast kills five Afghan policemen
[Dawn] A roadside kaboom killed five Afghan coppers, including a district police chief, when it destroyed their vehicle in a volatile part of southern Afghanistan, provincial authorities said Friday.

"Four police bodyguards along with district police chief, Ahmadullah, were killed in Sarab district in Uruzgan province late last evening," Abdullah Himmat, the provincial governor's front man, told AFP.

"Initially, the Taliban snuffies attacked a security checkpost. When the district chief along with his men went to respond, his vehicle struck a roadside kaboom," provincial police investigative director, Gulab Khan said.

All five in the vehicle were killed, Khan said.

Posted by: Fred 2012-07-21
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