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AFGHANISTAN-EXPLOSION
Blast kills police officer, injures 2 in Southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 5, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – One police officer has
been killed and two others wounded following a heavy explosion in
Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, provincial governor spokesman said
Tuesday.
The blast happened late Monday night at Police District 12 of provincial
capital Kandahar city, resulting in the casualties, spokesman Daud Ahmadi
told Xinhua.
One police vehicle was also damaged in the blast.
No armed group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
Security situation has been improving in Kandahar, the former stronghold
of Taliban, over the past months, as security forces have conducted search
and cordon operations across the province. But militants attack government
interests in the province from time to time.
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/1035 hrs