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KABUL, April 1 (KUNA) -- Two police personnel were killed and another five
wounded in a suicide attack on a police compound in western Afghanistan on
Tuesday.
The attack was carried out in Zaranj, capital of the western Nimroz
province. A provincial police officer Asadullah Sherzad said it was a suicide
attack.
The bomber rammed his explosive-ladden car against the police compound on
Tuesday afternoon, he added.
In the southern Kandahar province, local officials said air strike by NATO
aircrafts killed three civilians in the district of Panjwayee. Chief of the
district Shah Borhand said all those killed were civilians.
However, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
rejected the the statement and said no civilian was killed in its attack in
its air strike in southern Afghanistan.
A statement from NATO's headquarters here said an ISAF patrol spotted
insurgents placing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on a road close to an
ISAF base in Panjwayee district last night.
Air support was called which targeted the insurgents killing all the three
people, said the statement. Afghan government in Kabul so far did not issue
any comment. (end)
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