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Helmand Suicide Attack on NDS Office Hits Civilians
[Tolo News] Two staff of Afghanistan's intelligence agency were killed and as many as 12 civilians were maimed Monday in a suicide car-kaboom on the agency's office in southern Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province, local officials said. The blast happened around 2:10PM when a suicide kaboomer in a van detonated his explosives while trying to drive into the National Directorate of Security (NDS) provincial headquarters in Helmand's capital Lashkar Gah, said Helmand spokesperson Ahmad Zirak. Two Afghan coppers and another NDS officer were also injured in the attack, officials said. Helmand hospital officials confirmed that two NDS staff were killed in the attack and around 16 others were maimed in the attack and taken to the hospital. Officials added that most of the victims were civilians. The NDS Helmand office is located in the Safian area of Lashkar Gah. No group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the attack. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-10-10 |
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