Canadian soldiers secured the scene of an attack on Wednesday on the provincial council office in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility. Humayoun Shiab/European Pressphoto AgencyMilitants Storm Government Office in Afghanistan, Killing 13 -- New York Times
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Five suicide bombers stormed a government office in Kandahar on Wednesday morning, killing 13 people, including two provincial government officials, and wounding 14.
One militant detonated a car bomb at the entrance gate of the provincial council office, as the others stormed the compound with assault rifles and hand grenades. Seven civilians and six police officers were killed in the 20-minute gun battle, which ended when two of the militants blew themselves up in the main hall, said the provincial police chief, Matiullah Qati.
The assault by multiple gunmen followed a pattern of militant attacks across the region recently, from Kabul, the Afghan capital, to Lahore in Pakistan and Mumbai in India.
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