Roadside bombs kill 5 in Afghanistan, including local police commander who battled insurgents
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Two roadside bombings in different part of Afghanistan killed five people on Tuesday, including a local police commander credited with reducing the number of insurgent attacks in his area, officials said.
In the southern province of Kandahar, a bomb planted by the Taliban in the Shah Wali Kot district killed three civilians and wounded five, said Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
In the northern province of Kunduz, which borders Tajikistan, a roadside bomb destroyed a car carrying a local police commander, his driver and two other police officers as they traveled toward Kunduz City, said Abdul Nazar, a local council member.
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Nazar said the blast in Archi district killed the driver and the commander, Miran, and wounded the two officers. Like many Afghans, Miran only used one name.
Sarwar Hussaini, a spokesman for chief of police in Kunduz province, blamed the Taliban for the attack. He said it was retaliation for Miran's success at improving security in his district.