Afghan Attacks Leave Eight Dead

From AFP:

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — A suicide car bomber killed five people at a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan Saturday and a rocket attack in the capital killed three civilians, officials said.

There were no claims of responsibility for the attacks but they appeared linked to an extremist Islamic insurgency that has grown steadily since the hardline Taliban group was removed from government in 2001.

The suicide attacker drove an explosives-filled vehicle to the checkpoint in the southern province of Kandahar, where police were searching cars, and then detonated his bombs, police said.

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