3 killed in suicide car bombing in Afghanistan
AGENCIES | Maidan Shahr (Afghanistan), November 23, 2012 13:15
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Suicide bomber | Taliban | Maidan Shahr | Wardak province |

A suicide car bomb on Friday rocked Maidan Shahr, the capital of Wardak province, killing the bomber and two other people and injuring 40, most of them civilians.
"The suicide attacker rode an explosive-laden vehicle and detonated it next to a police centre, killing three people including himself and injuring 40 others, some police and mostly civilians," provincial police chief Baqizoi told Xinhua. Wardak is 35 km west of Kabul.
He added that investigation was underway.
Zabihullah Mujahid, who speaks for the Taliban outfit, claimed responsibility to the media via telephone from an unknown location.
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