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71 killed in Afghanistan Taliban attacks

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Update: 2017-10-18 01:20:28
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DHAKA: At least 71 people were killed in a series of attacks by the Taliban in Paktia and Ghazni provinces of Afghanistan, reports Al Jazeera.

Of them, up to 41 people have died in a suicide bombing and gun battle, which injured 150 others, at a police training centre in Gardez, Paktia's provincial capital.

At least 30 others have been killed in car bombings in neighbouring Ghazni province.

The initial double attack in Paktia occurred when fighters attacked the regional police headquarters at around 9am local time (04:30 GMT) on Tuesday (October 17) in Gardez, less than 161km from the capital, Kabul.

The attackers used a truck and an armored vehicle stolen from security forces to carry out the bomb attack, which left 41 people, including police chief Brigadier-General Toryali Abdiani, dead and more than 100 wounded, Hidayatullah Hamidi, Paktia's deputy governor, told Anadolu Agency.

BDST: 1121 HRS, OCT 18, 2017
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