Two truck bombs kill 12, injure 80 in east Afghanistan

Afghan officials say a Taliban attack on a government compound in the country's east has killed at least 12 people and wounded 80.

The assailants first set off two large truck bombs, followed by an attack by gunmen in the provincial capital of Ghazni early this morning

Khan Pacha Shirzad, a police commander in the city of Ghazni, says one of the truck bombs killed eight off-duty police officers who were asleep in their housing unit near the site.

Health officials say three policemen and one civilian were also killed in the attack and at least 80 people were wounded, many of them by shattered glass.

The officials said 13 attackers were killed. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack.