Thirteen people killed and another 55 people, including 20 civilians, wounded after Taliban militants storm a police headquarters in northern Afghanistan
Smoke rises from the site of an attack in Pul-e-Khumri city, Baghlan province, Afghanistan May 5, 2019.
The Interior Ministry said the attack in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province, began at noon with a suicide car bomber striking the entrance to the compound and eight gunmen rushing in after the explosion. A police official who was inside the compound during the attack said the insurgents all wore a suicide vest and that three of them detonated their payloads, while the other five were shot and killed.
In the capital, Kabul, a lawmaker was wounded and his wife was killed in a shooting attack late Saturday.
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