Seven people were killed Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a bastion of Taliban militancy, the interior ministry said.
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Kandahar governor Tooryalai Weesa also said there were seven deaths, but said five of those were police and gave a wounded toll of 19, including 13womenand children.
Pakistani Prime MinisterYousuf Raza Gilaniis to discuss Afghan peace efforts with the Qatari leadership when he travels to the Gulf state for a visit on Monday.
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Militants frequently target Afghan police and military, who are due to assume responsibility for the countrys security from NATOsInternational Security Assistance Force(ISAF) troops by the end of 2014.
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Taliban negotiators have begun holding preliminary talks with US officials inQataron plans for peace negotiations aimed at ending the decade-long Afghan war.
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A UN report on Saturday said civilian deaths in Afghanistan reached a record high in 2011 -- the fifth straight year the death toll has gone up.
A car bomb exploded outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city on Sunday, killing at least seven people.(AP Photo)
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Blood-splattered items from nearby market stalls lay scattered on the ground after the attack, which destroyed four police cars and damaged nearby buildings, according to an AFP correspondent.
A total of 3,021 civilians died -- mostly at the hands of insurgents -- up eight percent from 2,790 in 2010, the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said.
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Seven Afghan civilians were killed on January 19 when a suicide attacker targeting ISAF vehicles blew up his car at Kandahar airport -- an attack claimed by the Taliban.
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At around noon today (0730 GMT), a suicide car bomber detonated his explosive-packed car in district one of Kandahar that killed seven, including three police and four civilians and wounded nine others, the ministry statement said.
7 dead in attack on Afghan police headquarters,KANDAHAR (Afghanistan): Seven people were killed on Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a bastion ofTalibanmilitancy, the interior ministry said.
The recordloss of life was blamed mainly on changes in the insurgents tactics, which saw an increased u7 dead in attack on Afghan police headquartersse of homemade bombs and deadlier suicide attacks.
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Three policemen and four civilians died in the blast in the car park, the ministry said in a statement, while nine other people were injured.
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Kandahar is the largest city in southernAfghanistanand the birthplace of the Taliban, who have been waging a bloody insurgency since being ousted from power by the US-led invasion in late 2001 that followed the 9/11 attacks.
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