Khost province health official Gul Mohammad said women and children were among the injured.
Khost, Afghanistan:
A car bomb attack on an Afghan police base, followed by an ongoing shooting, killed two police officers and injured dozens in a city bordering Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday.
The complex attack in the town of Khost was launched early in the morning and injured 14 security officers and nine civilians.
A shooting near the base was underway, an AFP correspondent reported.
The car bomb exploded at the entrance to a special police force base in the town of Khost, a security source said.
After the explosion, a group of attackers tried to enter the compound of the base, which sparked a shootout with the security forces, the spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry told reporters. , Tariq Arian.
Four attackers were killed while two others were still fighting, Arian said.
Khost province health official Gul Mohammad said women and children were among the injured.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack on the base.
Violence has increased across Afghanistan in recent weeks even as the Taliban and the Afghan government remain engaged in peace talks to end the long-running conflict in the country.
Afghan and US officials have repeatedly warned that the growing bloodshed has threatened the ongoing peace talks in Qatar since last month.
Most of the Taliban’s attacks targeted Afghan security forces, although dozens of civilians were also killed.
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