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| At least ten killed as suspected Taliban militants storm Afghan bank with suicide bomb attack | At least ten killed as suspected Taliban militants storm Afghan bank with suicide bomb attack |
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| At least ten people were killed after suspected Taliban militants detonated a suicide bomb and stormed a bank in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. | At least ten people were killed after suspected Taliban militants detonated a suicide bomb and stormed a bank in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. |
| One of the attackers blew himself up at the front entrance of the New Kabul Bank in Lashgar Gah to allow the others in, it has been reported. | |
| Once the attackers were inside, they fired at security forces which had arrived at the building and surrounded the scene, Omer Zawaj, spokesman for the provincial governor, said. | Once the attackers were inside, they fired at security forces which had arrived at the building and surrounded the scene, Omer Zawaj, spokesman for the provincial governor, said. |
| Helmand police spokesman, Fareed Obaid, said three police officers were among those killed, while the attackers were killed in the gunbattle. | Helmand police spokesman, Fareed Obaid, said three police officers were among those killed, while the attackers were killed in the gunbattle. |
| He said: “There are also 15 people wounded, including six members of the Afghan security forces.” | He said: “There are also 15 people wounded, including six members of the Afghan security forces.” |
| Afghan security forces keep watch as smoke rises from the site of an attack by Taliban suicide bombers at a branch of the Kabul Bank in Lashkar Gah (AFP) | Afghan security forces keep watch as smoke rises from the site of an attack by Taliban suicide bombers at a branch of the Kabul Bank in Lashkar Gah (AFP) |
| The attack came the day after fighters from the Pakistani Taliban killed 148, including 132 children, in an attack on an army-run school in Peshwar. | The attack came the day after fighters from the Pakistani Taliban killed 148, including 132 children, in an attack on an army-run school in Peshwar. |
| The Afghan Taliban has condemned the attack, saying killing innocents was un-Islamic. | The Afghan Taliban has condemned the attack, saying killing innocents was un-Islamic. |
| The Afghan group however has claimed responsibility for an attack on a school in Kabul last week, which saw a German aid worker killed. | The Afghan group however has claimed responsibility for an attack on a school in Kabul last week, which saw a German aid worker killed. |
| Additional reporting by AP and Reuters | Additional reporting by AP and Reuters |