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| Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to a Nato compound in Kabul early on Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. | Militants blew up a suicide car bomb at the gate to a Nato compound in Kabul early on Tuesday and attacked guards with small-arms fire, killing four guards and two civilians, police said. All four suicide attackers were also killed. |
| Kabul provincial police chief Mohammad Ayuob Salangi said the powerful car bomb blew up at about 4.30am local time (1am BST), leaving a deep crater at the first gate leading into the camp. Two truck drivers who were waiting to enter the area were killed in the blast, he said. | Kabul provincial police chief Mohammad Ayuob Salangi said the powerful car bomb blew up at about 4.30am local time (1am BST), leaving a deep crater at the first gate leading into the camp. Two truck drivers who were waiting to enter the area were killed in the blast, he said. |
| Three other suicide attackers wearing explosive vests then began fighting with guards; all were killed. Salangi said the guards killed were all Nepalese contractors. | Three other suicide attackers wearing explosive vests then began fighting with guards; all were killed. Salangi said the guards killed were all Nepalese contractors. |
| He had no further details immediately and said the attack was being investigated. | He had no further details immediately and said the attack was being investigated. |
| The Taliban later claimed it carried out the attack. | |
| The interior ministry announced on Monday that insurgents had killed nearly 300 Afghan local and national police in the past month, illustrating that casualties among local forces were mounting now that NATO-led coalition troops had handed over responsibility for combat operations. | The interior ministry announced on Monday that insurgents had killed nearly 300 Afghan local and national police in the past month, illustrating that casualties among local forces were mounting now that NATO-led coalition troops had handed over responsibility for combat operations. |
| Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said 299 police had been killed in the past month and 618 wounded. | Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said 299 police had been killed in the past month and 618 wounded. |
| In the same time span, Sediqqi said, 753 militants were killed in joint operations with the military and others, and more than 300 arrested. The death toll for civilians was 180. | In the same time span, Sediqqi said, 753 militants were killed in joint operations with the military and others, and more than 300 arrested. The death toll for civilians was 180. |
| Sediqqi did not provide comparison figures from previous months, but according to an Associated Press count, the violence this year is approaching its highest levels in nearly 12 years of war. | Sediqqi did not provide comparison figures from previous months, but according to an Associated Press count, the violence this year is approaching its highest levels in nearly 12 years of war. |
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