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Ten Afghan police officers killed
Ten police officers, including the local counter-terrorism chief, were killed in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan on Saturday. Shortly after 5 p.m. (1230 GMT) a man driving a motorbike detonated a large bomb at a busy roundabout in the north city of Kunduz near a group of police officers, provincial police chief spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said.As a result of a suicide attack 10 policemen were killed, including the head of the traffic department and the head of the counter-terrorism office, said Hussaini. Four civilians and five other police officers were wounded in the bombing, he said. No-one has claimed responsibility for the attack but militants, including the Taliban, are active in the area. Posted by: Steve White 2013-01-27 |
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