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| Attackers target Kandahar intelligence office | |
| 2010-04-13 | |
| [Dawn] Three militants wearing suicide vests tried to attack Afghan intelligence service offices in Kandahar on Monday, resulting in a deadly gunfight, the provincial government said. The head of Kandahar provincial council, Ahmad Wali Karzai, said the trio tried to enter the National Directorate for Security (NDS) compound in the volatile southern city. "They were blocked by NDS guards. One of them blew himself up and the two others were killed by security forces in an exchange of fire," said Karzai, whose brother is Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Sustained gunfire and a "huge blast" were heard in the city centre shortly after 1:00 pm, an AFP reporter said, while a source at the security service said "terrorists" were firing from a primary school compound. Karzai said a worker at the school was injured during the shooting and two intelligence operatives were also wounded.
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| Posted by:Fred |