Eleven

A group of suicide
bombers raided a provincial
council building in Kandahar
on Wednesday and killed 11.

One bomber blew himself
up at the gate,
killing the guard, while
three more got inside

and started firing. Police
swiftly moved into the
compound and shot dead
two of the would-be

bombers, but a third
succeeded in blowing up
the explosives attached to
his body. The attackers

were dressed in Afghan
army uniforms, witnesses said.
Sixteen people, including members
of the council, were

wounded. A Taliban leader
said, "Our aim was
to inflict maximum losses."
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source: Reuters Wed Apr 1, 2009
Ismail Sameem, reporting from Afghanistan