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Explosion rocks Kabul, wounds 3 police

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-07-03 18:44

KABUL - An explosion rocked Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, wounding three policemen, a police officer said.

It was a mortar mine, fired from unknown location and landed near a police checkpoint in Deh Mazang area, injuring three policemen," Najibullah Samsour told newsmen at the site of incident.

However, he did not say who was behind the mortar shelling or what was the target of the attack.

Earlier a police officer who declined to give his name described the incident as a remote-controled bomb blast.

The incident happened around 12:45 pm local time close to Traffic department on a road leading to Afghan parliament building.

It is the second attack in the fortified Afghan capital Kabul over the past six days.

In the previous attack for which Taliban outfit claimed of responsibility, nine militants equipped with suicide vests and light arms targeted a luxury hotel - the Intercontinental Hotel on Tuesday night which left 21 people dead including 10 civilians, two policemen and nine attackers and injured 18 others with majority of them civilians.