Taliban Attack Regional Afghan Police Headquarters

Afghan officials said Monday that a late night Taliban attack on an eastern provincial police headquarters left five insurgents dead and up to 10 policemen wounded. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Seddiqi says security forces captured one of the attackers alive in the terrorist raid in the city of Jalalabad, near the Pakistani border. The attack began shortly before midnight with a suicide bomber detonating his explosives-packed vehicle near the entrance gate, clearing the way for...

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