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USA Today
May 18, 2007
Pg. 11
Two coordinated bomb blasts killed seven people in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Thursday, including three officers responding to the first explosion.
The first blast killed four private security guards, said Esmatullah Alizai, the province's police chief. About 15 minutes later, a roadside remote-control bomb exploded, killing three policemen and wounding four, he said. Two Al-Jazeera journalists covering the first blast also were slightly wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying that the second blast was timed to hit as more police arrived on the scene.
Hours later, a suicide car bomber rammed into a convoy that usually carries Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid. The governor was not in the convoy, but the apparent assassination attempt killed three civilians on the street and wounded four government employees, including the information and culture minister.
May 18, 2007
Pg. 11
Two coordinated bomb blasts killed seven people in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Thursday, including three officers responding to the first explosion.
The first blast killed four private security guards, said Esmatullah Alizai, the province's police chief. About 15 minutes later, a roadside remote-control bomb exploded, killing three policemen and wounding four, he said. Two Al-Jazeera journalists covering the first blast also were slightly wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying that the second blast was timed to hit as more police arrived on the scene.
Hours later, a suicide car bomber rammed into a convoy that usually carries Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid. The governor was not in the convoy, but the apparent assassination attempt killed three civilians on the street and wounded four government employees, including the information and culture minister.