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At least six people, including one suicide bomber, were killed and 12 wounded on Saturday in a Taliban car bomb attack outside a police base in Maidan Wardak Province. to the east of Afghanistan reported to Efe as an official source.
A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle loaded with explosives at 8:30 am local time (01:00 Chilean time). Pbadage of a car carrying staff from the police base of the regional capital, Maidan Shar, said the spokesman of the province's governor, Rahim Mangal.
According to the source, the five dead and 12 wounded worked as staff.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Twitter social network the author of the suicide bombing in the one who died " dozens of agents and soldiers "
Attack after violent elections
The aggression took place after the parliamentary elections with violence week-end last, during The Taliban launched about 200 attacks Saturday, making at least 36 dead and 126 wounded, while Sunday 11 civilians of the same family were killed by the explosion of a mine activated by the pbadage of the car in which they were.
Since the end of NATO's combat mission in January 2015, the Afghan government has lost ground to insurgents and it controls only 56% of the country according to data from the Special Inspection for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (SIGAR) Congress of the United States.
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