10 police killed in Afghanistan suicide attack: Official

January 26, 2013 21:50

AFP reports At least ten policemen were killedand 18 others, mostly civilians, were wounded in a suicideattack today in a crowded area of the northeast Afghan city ofKunduz, provincial authorities said.

"We have 10 dead, including the counter terrorismpolice chief and head of traffic police and their bodyguards.Eighteen others are wounded, 13 civilians and five policemen,"Kunduz police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussani told AFP.

The toll was confirmed by provincial governorspokesman Enayatullah Khaleeq. According to the head of the Kunduz health department,Saad Mukhtar, 19 people in total were wounded in the attack,which police officials said took place around 5:20 pm.

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