Taliban truck bomber wounds more than 70 in southern Afghanistan
May 25, 2015  21:36
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A Taliban truck bomber detonated about a tonne of explosives outside a government complex in southern Afghanistan on Monday, wounding more than 70 people as the summer fighting season sends civilian casualties surging.

Women and children were among those injured in the attack at the gate of the complex in Zabul province, which includes several government buildings including the provincial council.

The attack comes as the Taliban steps up attacks on government and foreign targets despite Kabul's repeated overtures to the insurgents to reopen peace negotiations.

"Seventy-three people have been wounded in the suicide attack on the complex" in the provincial capital Qalat, deputy provincial police chief Ghulam Jilani Farahi told AFP.

Provincial police chief Mirwais Noorzai said more than 70 were hurt and four of them were in critical condition.

"Around 1,000 kilograms of explosives was used in the attack," he said.

Six police officers and four members of the provincial council were among the wounded, while other victims were government workers and nearby residents.

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