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Deadly suicide blasts near Nato Afghan base in Wardak | |
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A twin suicide bombing near a Nato base in central Afghanistan has killed at least nine civilians and four policemen, officials say. | |
The attack, in Wardak province, destroyed much of a local bazaar, eyewitnesses say. | |
The first attack was carried out by a militant on foot; then an explosives-laden lorry was detonated. | |
There are fears of a surge in violence when foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014. | There are fears of a surge in violence when foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014. |
The first suicide bomber targeted the local governor's office in the district of Saidabad, officials say. | |
A number of shops and houses were destroyed in the truck bomb explosion that followed. | |
At least 47 people were wounded. No staff from the Nato base were killed, said officials from the US-led force. | |
"A suicide bomber on foot detonated near the gate of the base in Saidabad, Wardak province, opening the way for a truck suicide bombing that followed him," provincial spokesman Shahiddullah Shahid told the AFP news agency. | |
The BBC's Quentin Somerville in Kabul says that the same military outpost was attacked late last year, killing five Afghans and wounding dozens of American soldiers. |