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In Gardez, three suicide bombers attacked the headquarters of the National Security Directorate, a spokesman for the provincial governor,
Ruhullah Samoon, said. One bomber detonated his explosives, killing three intelligence officers, but the two other attackers were killed
before they could advance or detonate their own explosives. Mr. Samoon also said that some of the attackers were disguised as women.
In a separate attack, two bombers tried to force their way into the governor’s office but were shot dead by guards before they could set off
their explosives. A sixth attacker targeted a police station and was also killed. Two police officers and two intelligence officials were
wounded in the attacks, local officials said.
“It is the enemy of Afghanistan,” the spokesman said when asked who was behind the attacks. “I cannot name a specific group that is
responsible for this but it is people who want to spread fear and it is the opposition, the Taliban, that did it,” he said.
In Jalalabad, police noticed two men on a motorbike acting suspiciously and followed them, the provincial police chief, Ayub Salangi, said in
a telephone interview. One police officer approached them in an attempt to make an arrest but was shot and killed by the men. Other officers
then opened fire on them and killed them but not before they fired a rocket propelled grenade into the airfield.
United States forces were at the scene and planning to detonate the suicide vests that the two attackers had been wearing, as well as their
motorbike which also appeared to be packed with explosives, he said.