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Car Bomb Kills Kandahar Police Officers; Injures Dozens

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N 060911 USArmySoldiersAfghanistan?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1328451118724Lance Cpl. Dexter S. Saulisbury/Released(KANDAHAR, Afghanistan) — Afghan officials say at least seven people, including five police officers, were killed when a car bomb exploded outside police headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar on Sunday.

So far, there has been no claim of responsibility for the blast that has left nearly two dozen people injured. Many of the people injured are in critical condition, according to health officials in Kandahar.

The attack follows last month’s bombing just outside the main NATO base in Kandahar, an attack claimed by the Taliban. Despite the addition of tens of thousands of NATO forces in southern  Afghanistan, Kandahar and the surrounding province remain of the most dangerous areas in the country.  

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