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| KABUL — Bombers targeted Afghan police on Monday, killing at least 10 officers and a civilian in two attacks in the latest sign of increasing violence in the country. | |
| The attacks occurred a day after a suicide bomber infiltrated the heavily fortified police headquarters in the capital, Kabul, killing a senior police officer and wounding several others. | |
| On Monday, a suicide bomber killed at least seven officers, including a senior commander, outside the main police station in the eastern province of Logar, an hour’s drive south of Kabul, according to an Afghan Interior Ministry statement. | |
| “The bomber had disguised himself in a police uniform and blew explosives attached to his body among the local police who had gathered outside the station,” said provincial spokesman Deen Mohammad Darwish. One civilian also was killed, while four police officers were wounded, Darwish said in a telephone interview. | “The bomber had disguised himself in a police uniform and blew explosives attached to his body among the local police who had gathered outside the station,” said provincial spokesman Deen Mohammad Darwish. One civilian also was killed, while four police officers were wounded, Darwish said in a telephone interview. |
| The second attack targeted a police vehicle carrying instructors in Jalalabad, the eastern city near the border with Pakistan. Three officers were killed in the blast, which was set off when explosives hidden under a rickshaw were detonated remotely, officials said. | |
| The Taliban asserted responsibility for both incidents. | The Taliban asserted responsibility for both incidents. |
| The Taliban was ousted from power by U.S.-backed forces in 2001, in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and have been fighting ever since. Most foreign forces are pulling out by the end of the year, and insurgent violence has increased as foreign troops have steadily withdrawn, leaving the Afghan security forces to assume a greater share of security responsibilities. | The Taliban was ousted from power by U.S.-backed forces in 2001, in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and have been fighting ever since. Most foreign forces are pulling out by the end of the year, and insurgent violence has increased as foreign troops have steadily withdrawn, leaving the Afghan security forces to assume a greater share of security responsibilities. |
| As many as 6,000 Afghan security forces are estimated to have died in Taliban attacks since 2013, more than double the deaths of U.S. and other foreign troops. | As many as 6,000 Afghan security forces are estimated to have died in Taliban attacks since 2013, more than double the deaths of U.S. and other foreign troops. |
| On Monday, a third explosion caused by a magnet bomb wounded several civilians near a university in a residential part of Kabul. Security forces driving in vehicles were the apparent target of the attack, police said. | On Monday, a third explosion caused by a magnet bomb wounded several civilians near a university in a residential part of Kabul. Security forces driving in vehicles were the apparent target of the attack, police said. |
| Mohammad Sharif contributed to this report. | Mohammad Sharif contributed to this report. |