| 07 September 2008 |
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.
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| 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. 2008 |
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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