Afghan suicide blast kills 3, wounds 90
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November 24, 2012, Saturday
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A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives yesterday in east Afghanistan, killing three Afghan civilians and wounding 90 people, including several Afghan and NATO troops, officials said.
The early morning explosion in Maidan Shahr, the capital of Wardak province, also destroyed or damaged several government offices and a local prison, provincial spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said.
The blast occurred in an area that is home to government offices, the provincial governor's office, police headquarters, a prison and a coordination center used by international and Afghan security forces.
Shahid said two men and a woman were killed and 90 people - 75 men, 11 women and four children - were wounded.
US Army Major Adam Wojack, a spokesman for the international military coalition, said a half-dozen NATO soldiers also received injuries in the blast.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying in a statement that it was in response to the recent execution of four Taliban detainees at the Afghan government's main detention center in Kabul.
Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi said Afghan security troops and prisoners were among the wounded in the Wardak explosion.
The early morning explosion in Maidan Shahr, the capital of Wardak province, also destroyed or damaged several government offices and a local prison, provincial spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said.
The blast occurred in an area that is home to government offices, the provincial governor's office, police headquarters, a prison and a coordination center used by international and Afghan security forces.
Shahid said two men and a woman were killed and 90 people - 75 men, 11 women and four children - were wounded.
US Army Major Adam Wojack, a spokesman for the international military coalition, said a half-dozen NATO soldiers also received injuries in the blast.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying in a statement that it was in response to the recent execution of four Taliban detainees at the Afghan government's main detention center in Kabul.
Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi said Afghan security troops and prisoners were among the wounded in the Wardak explosion.
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