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Bombs Target Police Across Afghanistan


Scene of today's bombing in Kandahar (AFP) May 17, 2007 -- A series of explosions killed at least eight police officers in Afghanistan today.


The first was a roadside bomb that killed four police officers in the southern city of Kandahar.


As police carried away the bodies, a second blast killed three more officers and injured a cameraman for the Al-Jazeera television network.


In the northeastern province of Badakhshan, a bomb exploded near the vehicle of the provincial police chief, killing one of his body guards.


Two Afghan civilians were reported killed when a bomb targeted a police vehicle in southeastern Paktiya Province.


(Reuters, AP, AFP)

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