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Taliban suicide bomb kill 5 Afghan police as Kerry visits

By REUTERS

MARCH 26, 2013 08:39

JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Taliban suicide bombers killed at least five policemen in Afghanistan's restive east on Tuesday, officials said, in a three-hour attack that coincided with a visit to the country by US Secretary of State John Kerry.

The pre-dawn attack on a police compound in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan's largest city, came as the country braces for the beginning of the spring fighting season in the 11th year of the war.

One attacker detonated an explosive-laden car at the entrance of the Afghan National Police compound in a bid to let other attackers inside, provincial police chief Amin Sharif said.

"Three suicide bombers triggered their explosive vests and five were shot dead," he told Reuters, adding that five policemen were killed and four wounded.

Amin said the attackers were armed with rocket-propelled grenades and light machine-guns, sparking a three-hour battle with Afghan security forces. Six civilians were wounded.

Kerry was in Kabul to discuss transfer of security to the Afghan forces, as most US-led NATO combat troops prepare to leave by the end of next year.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message.

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