Taliban suicide bomber leads attack on police HQ Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban fighter driving a Humvee packed with explosives blew himself up outside a police headquarters in the northern Afghan city of Pul-e-Khumri and other fighters opened fire on security forces there, the Taliban said in a statement on Sunday.
“Several other Taliban fighters are presently clashing with the Afghan forces,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Government officials in Baghlan province confirmed the explosion in the provincial capital.
Reporting by Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Writing by Rupam Jain; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore
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