UPDATE – Afghanistan: Death toll rises to 50 in suicide car bomb

UPDATES DEATH TOLL; CHANGES HEADLINE</p> <p>By Shadi Khan Saif and Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat</p> <p>KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – The death toll in a suicide car bomb attack in central Maidan Wardak province has risen, an official said on Monday.</p> <p>Sharifullah Hotak, a member of the Maidan Wardak provincial council, told local media the death toll — which includes personnel of the Afghan special forces — rose to 50.</p> <p>Earlier Nusrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, told Anadolu Agency the attack took place at around 8 a.m. local time (0330GMT) and the target was a facility of National Directorate of Security, the country’s spy agency.</p> <p>Rahimi said security forces managed to kill the two militants who wished to wage armed assault after the bombing.</p> <p> Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed claimed responsibility for the attack.</p> <p>The Taliban claimed more than 100 security officers were killed in the attack.</p> <p>Maidan Wardak province is situated less than 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of the capital of Kabul.</p> <p>This is the second suicide car bombing in two days indicating an evident surge in the Taliban’s onslaughts amid the stalled peace process.</p> <p>A day earlier, the Taliban claimed responsibility for a similar car bombing aimed at the convoy of a provincial governor in Logar province that killed at least eight security forces.</p> <p>

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