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| Afghanistan: Twin suicide blasts strike govt buildings |
| 2008-12-05 |
| (AKI) - Suicide bombers struck two government compounds in Afghanistan's Khost province on Thursday, killing at least two and injuring seven others. The attacks took place in the southeastern city of Khost and targeted a counter-narcotics department as well as the National Directorate of Security, the province's intelligence headquarters. An explosives-laden car is said to have hit the NDS building. Following the attack, armed militants dressed as Afghan soldiers entered the building, which was later surrounded by Afghan police and army. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, in a phone call to Arab TV network al-Jazeera. Fears over Afghanistan's stability have risen this year, which has been marked by the worst violence since the Taliban were toppled in 2001. A resurgent Al-Qaeda backed Taliban has carried out a number of high-profile attacks, including an assassination plot against President Hamid Karzai during a military parade near his palace in the capital, Kabul. Some members of the security forces helped the insurgents in that incident and in several other major attacks, officials have said. |
| Posted by:Fred |