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| Seven Afghan policemen killed in two separate attacks |
| 2012-05-31 |
| A suicide car bomb attack and a separate bombing at a checkpost in Afghanistan killed at least seven policemen today. In the first, a suicide bomber rammed an Afghan police checkpost killing at least five policemen and injuring six others in Kandahar. The attacker drove his explosives-laden car into the checkpoint at the district police headquarters of Arghistan district, according to provincial governor spokesman Jawed Faisal. He said, "Five policemen were martyred and six others injured in this cowardly attack." In the second incident, an explosion at a police checkpost in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province killed at least two policemen. Provincial governor spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai confirmed the incident, but said security forces were still investigating the cause of the blast. |
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