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| Explosion Kills Afghan Police in Baghlan |
| 2011-06-01 |
| [Tolo News] One Afghan police soldier was killed in an kaboom in the town of Pul-e-Khumri in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday, officials said. "A bomb planted in a police vehicle went off in Sar-e-Chawk area killing one police soldier," Governor of Balghlan, Munshi Abdul Majid, told TOLOnews. Earlier reports said it was a suicide kaboom on a police car killing two police soldiers and wounding 3 others. Some unconfirmed reports said a jacket wallah who was on foot targeted the police vehicle in Sar-e-Chowk area in Pul-e-Khumri. At least one civilian was reportedly maimed in the kaboom. The maimed have been taken to a nearby hospital. The attack has yet to be claimed. Taliban Orcs and similar vermin have stepped up their attacks in different parts of Afghanistan as the country is approaching the first phase of security transition scheduled to begin in July this year. Afghan forces are to take security responsibilities of seven provinces and districts in July. However, The wishy-washy However... there are widespread concerns that Afghan forces may not yet be able to shoulder the burden. Baghlan province has been one of the relatively peaceful provinces in the north after clean-up operations launched by Afghan and foreign troops in the insecure districts. |
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