Taliban Carries Out Suicide Truck Bombing At Police Compound In Logar

August 06 2015

Afghanistan

A suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least six people near a police compound, reports the BBC.

A truck rigged with explosives was detonated on Thursday outside a the compound in Puli Alam, the capital of Logar province.

Three soldiers and three civilians were killed, said the provincial governor. Two dozen people were injured, including 11 doctors at a nearby hospital, according to medical sources.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombings --...

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