Taliban Car Bomb Kills at Least 12 in Attack on Afghan Security Compound

Taliban Car Bomb Kills at Least 12 in Attack on Afghan Security Compound
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and police keep watch outside the Bagram Airfield entrance gate north of Kabul, Afghanistan on Nov. 12, 2016. Omar Sobhani/Reuters
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KABUL—Taliban Islamic extremist fighters killed at least eight Afghan security force members and four civilians, as well as wounding more than 50 civilians, by blowing up a car bomb in central Ghazni province on Sunday, government officials and the Taliban said.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for detonating the bomb near the National Directorate of Security (NDS) compound in Ghazni city during Sunday morning’s rush hour.