Militants launch Afghan attacks

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Source: BBC

Page last updated at 13:19 GMT, Monday, 10 August 2009 14:19 UK

Taliban militants have attacked official buildings in east Afghanistan, firing rockets at a police headquarters and government offices, officials say.

Locals in Pul-i-Alam, the capital of Logar province, said the area was evacuated amid reports of gun battles and Apache helicopters overhead.

At least five people are reported to have been killed as six insurgents fired grenades inside the city.

The attack comes 10 days before nationwide elections in Afghanistan.

According to eyewitnesses insurgents took up positions in an unfinished tower block and fired rockets into government compounds in the city, which is close to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.



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