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KABUL: A suicide bomber killed a police commander in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, a police official said.
Zia Durrani, spokesman for the police chief in Kandahar, said that Abdul Wadod Jaju died of his wounds hours after the bombing.
Durrani said that Jaju was a police commander in Kandahar city.
He added that first he was injured and later died in the hospital.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the attack.
The violence comes as the Taliban has launched their annual spring offensive, promising to step up attacks against Afghan security forces in a bid to undermine the Western-backed government as foreign combat troops prepare to withdraw by the end of the year.
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May 25, 2014 08:57pm
Did Karzai blame Pakistan for it yet?
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May 25, 2014 09:34pm
"Spring Offensive" - we hear the warnings but don't do anything about it! These attacks are not "surprise" attacks - they are well planned and the police and the military is informed about them. I fail to understand why then, they are not able to defend themselves, as I am sure they outnumber them in every way, and avoid these casualties. Could corruption be playing a role?
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May 26, 2014 12:18am
@independentthinker
How does one protect or defend themselves from terrorism. Pakistan with its million man army gets victimized daily, I wonder if corruption is to be blamed.
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May 26, 2014 06:55am
@Zalmai Absolutely, it does! Why else do you think we cannot win this war? We have the manpower, we have the fire power and most of all (what Americans did not have) we have the support of the nation. The only thing holding us back is the "drive" - the motivation and that is because we put our interest first before our nation's interest. These enemies of our nation become our friends,because they fulfill our needs. and thus, we owe them favours in return and the job never gets done! My friend - that is corruption and unfortunately, we are not able to find a way out of it, because it is being done at the higher levels and it is the little guys, like our brave soldiers and civilians that have to pay the ultimate price!
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May 27, 2014 12:17am
NO NO NO. ISI DID IT . Karazahi was told last night by the Indian sources.
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