At least 13 people, including civilians, were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber targeted a police commander in Afghanistan’s northern Parwan province, northwest of Kabul, an official told AP. Four local police officers were among those killed, while another 19 people, including 17 civilians, were wounded, said General Zaman Mamozai, the provincial police chief. The police commander who was the target of the attack was among those wounded.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in an email sent to the media. The UN’s mission in Afghanistan reported earlier this month that most of the 11,000 civilians killed and wounded in 2015 were the victims of insurgent attacks. A total of 3,545 civilians were killed last year as a result of the war, the UN report said, with another 7,457 wounded.
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