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Three suicide bombers kill 20 in Afghanistan
Three suicide bombers killed 20 people in an attack on a construction firm in southeast Afghanistan, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the assault.
An Interior Ministry statement said the attackers forced their way into the firm’s compound after killing a security guard and then detonated a truck packed with explosives.
“As a result, 20 employees of the construction company were killed and 50 others were injured,” the statement said.
The governor of Paktika province said the dead and wounded included employees of the firm and other civilians. Construction crews and others working on infrastructure projects are frequently targeted by insurgents.
In an emailed statement to media, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed the Islamist group had carried out the attack but said it had been on a military base and that 49 foreign and Afghan troops had been killed and wounded.
