Taliban attack on governor kills four
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April 29, 2012, Sunday
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TWO Taliban militants hiding handguns in their shoes slipped into a provincial governor's compound in southern Afghanistan yesterday, setting off a fierce gunbattle that left two guards and both attackers dead.
Also, a roadside bomb killed 10 Afghan security forces in eastern Wardak Province, officials said.
In the attack on the governor of Kandahar Province, the assailants made it through a pair of security checks without their weapons being detected before a guard at the last check noticed something suspicious and stopped them, said Governor Tooryalai Wesa.
They then pulled the guns out of their shoes, shot the guards and took their weapons, he added.
That sparked a gunbattle with security forces that lasted about 30 minutes and left both attackers dead, said Parwiz Najib, a spokesman for the governor. One guard was wounded in the fighting.
The roadside bomb in Wardak's Chak District killed 10 members of the Afghan security forces driving in a pickup truck, officials said.
Also, a roadside bomb killed 10 Afghan security forces in eastern Wardak Province, officials said.
In the attack on the governor of Kandahar Province, the assailants made it through a pair of security checks without their weapons being detected before a guard at the last check noticed something suspicious and stopped them, said Governor Tooryalai Wesa.
They then pulled the guns out of their shoes, shot the guards and took their weapons, he added.
That sparked a gunbattle with security forces that lasted about 30 minutes and left both attackers dead, said Parwiz Najib, a spokesman for the governor. One guard was wounded in the fighting.
The roadside bomb in Wardak's Chak District killed 10 members of the Afghan security forces driving in a pickup truck, officials said.
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