Five Dead After Suicide Bombing in Southern Afghanistan
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iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KANDAHAR, Afghanistan) — At least five people are dead and 14 others injured after a suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan Tuesday.
According to officials, the suicide attacker detonated his explosives to kill a border police officer at a checkpoint in Kandahar’s first district. One officer and four children were killed in the bombing. Other children were also wounded in the blast.
The Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the attack. The Obama administration has expressed its eagerness to negotiate with the Taliban regarding Afghanistan’s future, with Vice President Joe Biden recently commenting, “The Taliban, per se, is not our enemy.”
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