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| A suicide bomb attacker in police uniform has blown himself up inside a police station in Afghanistan, killing at least 18 officers, police said. | A suicide bomb attacker in police uniform has blown himself up inside a police station in Afghanistan, killing at least 18 officers, police said. |
| Many others were wounded in the attack in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province in the south of the country. | Many others were wounded in the attack in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province in the south of the country. |
| The explosion, which has been described as "very powerful", has also damaged several buildings, police said. | The explosion, which has been described as "very powerful", has also damaged several buildings, police said. |
| Southern Afghanistan is the centre of the Taleban-led insurgency since the US invasion of the country in 2001. | Southern Afghanistan is the centre of the Taleban-led insurgency since the US invasion of the country in 2001. |
| "In the suicide blast, 18 policemen were martyred and several others were wounded," news agency AFP quoted Juma Gul Himat, the provincial police chief, as saying. | "In the suicide blast, 18 policemen were martyred and several others were wounded," news agency AFP quoted Juma Gul Himat, the provincial police chief, as saying. |
| "We are investigating the incident," he added. | "We are investigating the incident," he added. |
| The bomber set off explosives strapped to his body when policemen were getting ready to stand in line for the morning exercise, he said. | The bomber set off explosives strapped to his body when policemen were getting ready to stand in line for the morning exercise, he said. |
| Officials say the attack is the worst on the police in recent months in Afghanistan. | Officials say the attack is the worst on the police in recent months in Afghanistan. |
| Separately, a spokesman for the Afghan National Army told the BBC that its soldiers had arrested three men wearing suicide vests in the Dirawoad district, neighbouring Tirin Kot. | Separately, a spokesman for the Afghan National Army told the BBC that its soldiers had arrested three men wearing suicide vests in the Dirawoad district, neighbouring Tirin Kot. |