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| Afghanistan |
| Four Police Die in Afghan Bombing |
| 2010-02-08 |
| [Quqnoos] A roadside bomb struck a police vehicle in Kandahar city on Sunday, killing four policemen. The "very big bomb" was placed under a bridge and exploded as the police vehicle was passing, a senior local police official, Col Abdul Ahmad, told AFP. "Four policemen who were bringing food to their post were killed" in the blast," Col Abdul Ahmad added. The Afghan officials blamed Taliban militants for the "cruel" attack. No groups, including the Taliban, have made immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing. Kandahar city is the capital of southern Kandahar province, which along with neighbouring Helmand is the centre of the insurgency. As foreign and Afghan troops prepare a major military offensive in Taliban's last strongholds around Marjah, in the central Helmand, top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen Stanley McChrystal, says that IEDs will be their biggest threat. |
| Posted by:Fred |