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Suicide bomber kills 8 in Afghanistan
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March 31, 2009, Tuesday
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A SUICIDE bomber wearing a police uniform blew himself up inside a police headquarters in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing eight people, an official said.
Three police and five civilians died in the attack in Dund district, about 15 kilometers south of Kandahar city, said Zalmay Ayubi, the spokesman for Kandahar's governor. Six people were wounded, he said.
Canadian soldiers and Afghan police stood guard at the blast site and ordered journalists not to take photos, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. A spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force said he would investigate the report.
The Canadian soldiers refused to let Afghan police approach the blast site, the reporter said.
Kandahar is the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban and continues to be a militant stronghold. Afghan police frequently suffer from Taliban attacks from roadside and suicide bombs.
A roadside bomb also killed three police in the eastern province of Paktia yesterday, the Interior Ministry said.
Taliban attacks have spiked in the past three years, as militants have taken control of wide swaths of countryside. US President Barack Obama is sending 21,000 additional American troops to bolster the record 38,000 already in the country.
Officials from more than 70 countries are attending a conference about Afghanistan in the Netherlands today.
Three police and five civilians died in the attack in Dund district, about 15 kilometers south of Kandahar city, said Zalmay Ayubi, the spokesman for Kandahar's governor. Six people were wounded, he said.
Canadian soldiers and Afghan police stood guard at the blast site and ordered journalists not to take photos, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. A spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force said he would investigate the report.
The Canadian soldiers refused to let Afghan police approach the blast site, the reporter said.
Kandahar is the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban and continues to be a militant stronghold. Afghan police frequently suffer from Taliban attacks from roadside and suicide bombs.
A roadside bomb also killed three police in the eastern province of Paktia yesterday, the Interior Ministry said.
Taliban attacks have spiked in the past three years, as militants have taken control of wide swaths of countryside. US President Barack Obama is sending 21,000 additional American troops to bolster the record 38,000 already in the country.
Officials from more than 70 countries are attending a conference about Afghanistan in the Netherlands today.
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