Nine killed in Afghan suicide attack

At least nine people were killed and 13 others injured in a suicide bombing in Ghazni city on Wednesday, an official said.

"The nine casualties included four civilians, four attackers and one policeman," Xinhua quoted an official as saying.

A four-member suicide-bomber group stormed a court in the city, triggering a gun battle. The attackers then blew themselves up.

The Taliban militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

--IANS

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