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Suicide bomber strikes at Afghan-Pakistan border
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KABUL (AP) - A suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed a police officer and a girl in an attack on a key Afghan-Pakistan border crossing today, a day after U.S. coalition airstrikes killed more than a dozen militants, officials said.
The bomber, who had crossed from Pakistan, detonated the blast at the busy Torkham crossing in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, said Abdul Hadi, a border police officer. Ten other people were wounded.
Torkham is one of the main international border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan, leading east into Pakistan's famed Khyber Pass and west toward the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Hadi said the bomber was dressed in an all-covering burqa commonly worn by women in the region and set the blast off in a room, about 30 yards inside Afghanistan, where women are searched before they are allowed to pass the border control.
A police officer and a 12-year-old girl were killed, he said. The wounded included seven civilians and three police officers.
The Taliban militants regularly launch suicide bombings targeting Afghan and foreign security forces, but civilians are often among the victims.
The bomber, who had crossed from Pakistan, detonated the blast at the busy Torkham crossing in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, said Abdul Hadi, a border police officer. Ten other people were wounded.
Torkham is one of the main international border crossings between Pakistan and Afghanistan, leading east into Pakistan's famed Khyber Pass and west toward the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Hadi said the bomber was dressed in an all-covering burqa commonly worn by women in the region and set the blast off in a room, about 30 yards inside Afghanistan, where women are searched before they are allowed to pass the border control.
A police officer and a 12-year-old girl were killed, he said. The wounded included seven civilians and three police officers.
The Taliban militants regularly launch suicide bombings targeting Afghan and foreign security forces, but civilians are often among the victims.
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