10 killed as Afghanistan security forces attacked with car bomb, ambush - CBS News The deadliest attack, the car bombing, struck Afghan soldiers during an operation targeting the hideout of suspected suicide bombers in the eastern province of Khost late Tuesday night, according to a statement from the provincial governor's office.
Soldiers killed three suspected suicide bombers, including a woman, during the assault, the statement said. After the assault, a car bomb in the compound exploded, killing eight soldiers and wounding five, it said. The statement did not say why or how the bomb exploded.
Khost province is one of Afghanistan's eastern provinces bordering Pakistan where suicide bombers and other militants, including the Haqqani network, are active.
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