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Three security force members killed in Taliban car bomb

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(Last Updated On: September 1, 2020)

Three security force members were killed and 11 wounded when insurgents detonated a car bomb at the gate of a public protection forces compound in Gardez city, in Paktia province early Tuesday. 

Local officials said insurgents first detonated the car bomb and then stormed the compound. 

A brief gun battle ensued before two attackers were killed by security forces. 

Among those wounded and hospitalized is a woman, officials said. 

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a Twitter post. 

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