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September 7, 2008

Twin Blasts Hit Police HQ in Kandahar
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Officials say the two bombers blew themselves up inside the police
building Sunday 
Afghan officials say two suicide bombers have attacked police
headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, killing at least six
people, including some police officers. A wounded Afghan police officer
talks to the media after suicide attack on the police headquarters in
Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, 07 Sept. 2008Officials
say the two bombers blew themselves up inside the police building
Sunday. They say a police commander, Abdul Raziq, was wounded and may
have been a target. Police say Afghan forces immediately surrounded the
compound following the blasts. Also today, U.S. and Afghan officials say
at least 20 militants died in two, separate incidents. Officials say
U.S.-led forces in the eastern province of Khost killed at least 10
militants, while another 10 died in southern Helmand province during an
assault on a police post. Afghan police say another attack -- on a NATO
convoy in the western province of Herat -- failed, after a suicide
bomber exploded himself but failed to injure anyone. Violence has surged
in Afghanistan this year, as Taliban militants have stepped up their
insurgency with suicide and roadside bombings.

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