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Suicide Attack Leaves at Least 43 Dead in Afghanistan

  • More than 2,000 Afghan civilians died in the first nine months of 2017 according to the UN.

    More than 2,000 Afghan civilians died in the first nine months of 2017 according to the UN. | Photo: EFE

Published 19 October 2017
Opinion

Two suicide bombers attacked an Afghan army base in the district of Maiwand and left at least 40 dead and 24 wounded.

At least 43 soldiers were killed in a Taliban suicide bombing on a military base in Kandahar province in Southern Afghanistan, local media reported.

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Tolo News channel said that two suicide bombers used Humvee vehicles to attack the base located in the Maiwand district. In addition to the fatalities, the attack wounded at least 24 others, according to a security source quoted by Tolo News.

Once the car bombs were detonated, other attackers opened fire on the Afghan troops.

Channel 1 TV News reported that the Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed that there was an attack on a base of the Afghan National Army in Kandahar.

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The conflict in Afghanistan has left 2,640 civilians dead and another 5,380 injured in the first nine months of 2017, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

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