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Five Afghan police killed in Kandahar suicide attack
Published: 31st May 2012 08:27:22
A suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar has killed at least five policemen, officials say.
A spokesman for the provincial governor told the AFP news agency that the attacker drove his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint at the headquarters.
The attack took place on Thursday in the Arghistan district of Kandahar.
In February at least five policemen were shot dead at a checkpoint in the city of Kandahar.
At least six policemen were wounded in Thursday's attack, officials say.
Kandahar is known to be a centre of Taliban activity, and is one of the areas where the insurgency originated.
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