Libertarian_Guard
26th January 2013, 02:12 PM
At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others injured in a suicide attack on a busy market in the north-eastern city of Kunduz, officials say.
The province's police chief said the head of counter-terrorism and the chief of traffic police were among the dead.
The attack took place at around 1720 local time (1250 GMT), a Kunduz police spokesman said.
No-one has yet claimed responsibility but Taliban insurgents have been behind a string of similar attacks.
The province's governor said the bomber was driving a motorbike and used potent explosives in the attack, which took place in the heart of the city.
"Sadly I can confirm that the head of counter-terrorism and traffic police for Kunduz province have been killed in today's suicide attack in the centre of Kunduz province,'' police chief Gen Khalil Andarabi told the BBC.
The counter-terrorism head, Mistaray Maray, was the man behind the killing and capture of dozens of Taliban commanders and leaders, says the BBC's Bilal Sarwary, in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21214432
The province's police chief said the head of counter-terrorism and the chief of traffic police were among the dead.
The attack took place at around 1720 local time (1250 GMT), a Kunduz police spokesman said.
No-one has yet claimed responsibility but Taliban insurgents have been behind a string of similar attacks.
The province's governor said the bomber was driving a motorbike and used potent explosives in the attack, which took place in the heart of the city.
"Sadly I can confirm that the head of counter-terrorism and traffic police for Kunduz province have been killed in today's suicide attack in the centre of Kunduz province,'' police chief Gen Khalil Andarabi told the BBC.
The counter-terrorism head, Mistaray Maray, was the man behind the killing and capture of dozens of Taliban commanders and leaders, says the BBC's Bilal Sarwary, in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21214432