Death toll in Afghan suicide attack rises to 19; 23 injured
By REUTERS
HERAT, Afghanistan - Suicide bombers killed at least nineteen people in attacks across Afghanistan on Tuesday, including 11 Afghan police, as insurgents ramped up violence ahead of the traditional summer fighting months.Two bombers, including one wearing a head-to-toe-covering burqa, blew up a car laden with explosives on the airport road outside the western city of Herat, killing eight civilians and three police, provincial governor spokesman Mohiddin Noori said.Twenty-three people were wounded in the attack, which took place in a usually peaceful part of the country near the border with Iran.
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