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Seven police killed in Afghan blast

Saturday, 04 Jul, 2009
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An Afghan policeman walks past a damaged vehicle after a bomb ripped through it in Kandahar. Seven policemen were killed, the interior ministry said. –Reuters Photo

KABUL: A roadside bomb tore through a police vehicle Saturday in an insurgent attack in a southern Afghanistan flashpoint, killing seven officers, the interior ministry said in a statement.

The incident took place in the Registan district in Kandahar province, a hotbed for the Taliban-led insurgency, the ministry said.

‘A roadside bomb struck a police vehicle which resulted in the martyrdom of seven policemen,’ the statement said. —AFP

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