A suicide bomber killed five members of the Afghan security forces when he drove a truck carrying explosives hidden under firewood into an Afghan military base on Wednesday, police said.
Dawlat Khan Zadran, police chief of southeastern Paktika province, said the bomber
had driven the small truck inside the base in the remote Bermel district near the border with Pakistan. He said another four people were wounded.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said by telephone from an undisclosed location the truck had been able to enter the base after fighters infiltrated the Afghan border police. Mujahid claimed the truck was carrying thousands of kilograms of explosives and that the bomber had inflicted heavy casualties among Afghan and foreign troops. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said no foreign troops were hurt. (Reuters)
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