Afghanistan suicide car bombing kills dozens

Building collapses on those inside after driver evades guards to attack medical clinic in Azra district of Logar province At least 35 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing at a medical clinic in eastern Afghanistan. The bomber blew up a sport utility vehicle outside a clinic building, which collapsed on those inside, Afghan authorities said. Mohammad Zaref Nayebkhail, the provincial health director, said at least 35 people were killed and 53 wounded in the blast at the 10-bed clinic in the mountainous Azra district of Logar province, 25 miles east of Kabul. Rescuers were digging through the rubble in search of survivors, Nayebkhail said. Guards had tried to stop the bomber from entering the medical compound. “The driver didn’t stop and he entered the compound and reached the main building of the health centre, where the truck detonated,” Nayebkhail said. The Taliban denied responsibility for the bombing. Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the movement, said: “This attack was not done by our fighters.” On Friday a bomb rigged to a bicycle went ripped through a bazaar in the Khanabad districk of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 10 people including a police officer. At least 24 people were wounded in that attack, the interior ministry said. The French government reported that one of its soldiers was killed in an attack by insurgents while on a reconnaissance mission east of Kabul. It brings to 47 the number of Nato service members killed in June. There have been more than 200 killed this year. Afghanistan UK security and terrorism Global terrorism Nato guardian.co.uk

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