GARDEZ, Sept 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least three Afghan police and three assailants were killed, in a suicide car bomb blast and ensuing gunfight, outside a police camp in Gardez, capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia province today, the provincial governor confirmed.
“Today, roughly at 5:30 a.m., one enemy detonated a car bomb, outside a Public Protection Police Forces camp in Gardez. Two gunmen tried to enter the facility after the explosion, but they were shot and killed by the police at the gate of the building,” Governor, Haleem Fedai, said.
Five police personnel were slightly wounded in the blast, that also damaged facilities of the front gate of the building, the official said, adding, the wounded were shifted to a hospital in the region, 100 km south of the country’s capital, Kabul.
He blamed enemies of peace, referring to the Taliban, for the attack.
The blast sent a column of thick smoke into the sky and triggered panic.
More details will be made later, as investigation is underway to find more facts about the incident, the governor added.– NNN-AGENCIES
