Politics
Afghan officials: Militants storm gov't building
Updated: 2011-05-22 10:56
(Agencies)
KABUL, Afghanistan – Officials say gunmen wearing suicide vests have stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan and are in a shootout with Afghan security forces.
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Provincial Police Chief Gen. Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai says the Afghan forces have surrounded the traffic department building. He says they are not launching a full assault because the militants are wearing suicide vests and they don't want them to detonate their explosives.
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