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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Four Dead In Suicide Bombing
2007-04-07
(AKI) - A suicide car bomber hit a police checkpoint near the parliament in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Friday, killing four people, including a policeman who tried to stop him, police and witnesses said. At least four other people were wounded in the attack in Darulaman Road, in western Kabul, the capital's police chief Esmatullah Dawlatzai told reporters at the site. "It was a suicide attack. The attacker exploded his car when a policeman tried to stop his vehicle,'' he said, quoted by Pakistan's Geo TV.

The pieces of the vehicle were strewn around the road, and charred remains of the bomber were covered by plastic and white cloth in at least two places nearby. Windows of the nearby buildings were shattered.

Police closed down the road, and officers were collecting pieces of the vehicle and those of the bomber. No one immediately claimed responsibility.

Last week four people died in a blast near Kabul's main market during the morning rush hour, in one of a series of attacks in recent weeks. Friday's attack is the third in Kabul this year.
Update: death toll now six.
Posted by:Fred

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