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Taliban attack kills six police in southern Afghanistan
PULI ALAM, Afghanistan, May 30, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Taliban attackers
including a suicide bomber stormed a police station in southern Afghanistan
on Wednesday and killed six police officers, officials said.
The bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle at the entrance of the
police station in Puli Alam, the capital of Logar province, said provincial
police spokesman Shapoor Ahmadzai.
Three other attackers then rushed into the police station compound,
triggering a half-hour gun battle with security forces, he said.
“In half an hour security forces killed all the attackers. Unfortunately,
three national police and three traffic police were also killed. Eight
civilians have also been wounded,” he told AFP.
Shamshad Larwai, the provincial governor’s spokesman, confirmed the details
and said the situation was under control, but the blast had damaged the
police station.
The Taliban, who are stepping up their spring offensive against Afghan
security forces and government officials, claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Also on Wednesday a vehicle bomb in the southern city of Kandahar went off
inside a garage, killing three mechanics and wounding 10 people, governor’s
spokesman Daud Ahmadi said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility.
Last week 16 people were killed and dozens wounded when a minivan packed
with explosives blew up as security forces were trying to defuse it in
Kandahar province.
BSS/AFP/GMR/1312 hrs