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24 killed as Taliban attack Afghan police headquarters
Kabul, Feb 17
At least 24 people, including 20
policemen, were killed and nine wounded in Afghanistan's Logar province
Tuesday after a group of Taliban militants attacked the police
headquarters, media reports said.
Four attackers armed with guns
and wearing suicide vests arrived in a car at the eastern Afghan
province's police headquarters in the provincial capital of Pul-e-Alam,
Xinhua reported.
One of the attackers detonated his explosives at
the entrance gate at around 1 p.m., while three others forced their way
inside the facility.
Two of the attackers detonated their
explosives inside the headquarters while the last one blew himself up
inside the canteen, Pajhwok Afghan News quoted the governorÂ’s
spokesperson Din Mohammad Darwesh as saying.
Logar police chief
Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai said the police force suffered “heavy casualtiesÂâ€
amid reports that dozens of police personnel had gathered for lunch in
the canteen.
A doctor treating the wounded policemen said the
injured were referred to Kabul for treatment. The toll may rise further
as several of the wounded were in a critical condition.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.