Police Killed In Kandahar In Suicide Car Bomb Attack
December 22 2017
At least six police officers have been killed in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, reports TOLO News (Afghanistan).
The attacker drove his explosive-laden Humvee into a police headquarters in Maiwand district early Friday, said the province's police chief.
Police fired on the vehicle as it tried to enter the compound but could not stop it from breaching its defenses, a source told China's Xinhua news agency.
Deutsche Presse Agentur noted...
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