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BY STEVEN SPARKMAN

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Dozens injured and at least 22 killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The attack took place just an hour outside of Kabul in Parwan province. Fox News has the report.

“The attackers blew up a car bomb outside the provincial governor’s compound, then went into the compound and continued their attacks. Officials believe the target was a meeting of top security officials that was taking place there. The Taliban is claiming responsibility for that attack.”

Five insurgents reportedly followed the car bomber into the building. They engaged officials inside in a firefight lasting nearly two hours. NY1 reports -- attackers didn’t find easy targets.

“The governor, a former police chief of Kabul, tells the Associated Press that he and his aids fired back from their meeting room with AK47s. The governor says he killed at least one of the insurgents himself.”

The machine-gun-wielding governor gave The New York Times his version of events. The meeting -- apparently about this very threat -- was convened, quote:

“...to find out why security had not been improved around his offices, 10 days after reports that a group of suicide bombers was planning an attack. … Just then, as he later recalled the moment, there were two explosions...”

The attack is part of the Taliban’s overall plan to assassinate as many high-profile officials as possible. Al Jazeera reports -- it represents a worrying trend for the northern region.

“Northern Afghanistan, including Parwan, was relatively peaceful during the first few years of the war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. In the past couple years, after security deteriorated in the area, the government launched an offensive to restore security. General Daud Daud, the police chief of northern zone who led the operations, was assassinated in May, derailing the progress.”

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