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| Afghan police killed in bombing | Afghan police killed in bombing |
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| A suicide bomber has killed at least nine policemen in southern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, police say. | |
| They said the bomber, dressed as a policemen, blew himself up at a checkpoint where police were having lunch near the town of Spin Boldak. | They said the bomber, dressed as a policemen, blew himself up at a checkpoint where police were having lunch near the town of Spin Boldak. |
| In eastern Paktika province, a Nato soldier was killed in a roadside bombing, the alliance said. | In eastern Paktika province, a Nato soldier was killed in a roadside bombing, the alliance said. |
| Violence in Afghanistan has returned to levels not seen since the Taleban were ousted in 2001. | Violence in Afghanistan has returned to levels not seen since the Taleban were ousted in 2001. |
| Taleban claim | Taleban claim |
| Police have sealed off the scene of the bombing at the police post near Spin Boldak. Officials fear more bodies are buried under rubble there. | Police have sealed off the scene of the bombing at the police post near Spin Boldak. Officials fear more bodies are buried under rubble there. |
| At least 10 people were injured in the blast as well as those killed. | |
| "We were eating lunch around 1330, when a suicide attacker wearing police uniform entered the post and blew himself up," local border police commander Bismillah Khan told the BBC. | "We were eating lunch around 1330, when a suicide attacker wearing police uniform entered the post and blew himself up," local border police commander Bismillah Khan told the BBC. |
| A Taleban spokesman told Reuters news agency the movement had carried out the attack. | A Taleban spokesman told Reuters news agency the movement had carried out the attack. |
| The Nato statement did not give the nationality of the soldier killed in Paktika. Most foreign soldiers in eastern Afghanistan are American. | The Nato statement did not give the nationality of the soldier killed in Paktika. Most foreign soldiers in eastern Afghanistan are American. |
| Two other soldiers were injured and are in a stable condition in hospital. | Two other soldiers were injured and are in a stable condition in hospital. |
| On Wednesday, six Canadian soldiers serving in the Nato force were killed in a bombing in the southern province of Kandahar. | On Wednesday, six Canadian soldiers serving in the Nato force were killed in a bombing in the southern province of Kandahar. |
| Hundreds of people have been killed in suicide blasts and roadside bombings in Afghanistan in recent months. | Hundreds of people have been killed in suicide blasts and roadside bombings in Afghanistan in recent months. |
| The Taleban and their allies are fighting to remove the Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai. | The Taleban and their allies are fighting to remove the Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai. |