[Bangla Daily Star] A suicide kaboom on a police check post in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday killed at least nine people, three of them coppers, an official said.The attacker shot a security guard before making his way inside the check post in the cut-thoat-hit Alisher district of Khost province
... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name...
, district governor Amir Badsha Dawran told AFP.
At least four coppers were also maimed in the attack, which was claimed by Taliban bully boys. They said all the casualties were Afghan cops.
Khost is a volatile province, which borders the tribal area of Pakistain, known as a Taliban stronghold and a base for the Haqqani network.