Kandahar blast kills 22 policemen and officials

KANDAHAR, Mar. 01 - At least 22 policemen and officials were killed on Monday when a Corolla car parked nearby blew up near police headquarter in Kandahar city.

According to the source, the fatalities came when a Mujahid parked his explosive-filled car near the police and officials vehicles in the parking area which was moments later detonated through remote-controlled device.

The report adds the blast was so powerful that damaged 10 government vehicles in the parking lot of the headquarter.

Reportedly, there was meeting in the headquarter attended by some officials whose vehicles were parked in the car park with the bodyguards nearby who were also killed in the blast, while the building of the police headquarter and the surrounding government buildings were partly damaged in the bomb attack.

In another indecent elsewhere in Kandahar, an employee of KHAD currently Known as National Security Department was killed in a guerrilla attack in Shahidanu Chowk half hour later after the blast in the police headquarter had happened.

Source: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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