KABUL: At least 13 killed and 55 other people were injured after a Taliban suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed Humvee and blew himself up at the police headquarters in the northern Afghan city of Pul-e-Khumri, Afghan officials and the Taliban said on Sunday.
According to details, a Taliban militant exploded his Humvee vehicle at the entrance of the police officer before a group of eight attackers armed with machine guns rushed in the building, two Afghan officials said.
“Seven policemen were killed and 55 others injured,” said Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman at the Interior Ministry in Kabul, adding that 20 civilians were also wounded.
