By Bill Roggio November 20, 2009 9:13 AM
Taliban suicide bombers struck for the second day straight throughout Afghanistan.
Today a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a market in Farah City, killing 17 people and wounding 29. A second suicide bomber killed five bodyguards of a member of parliament in an attack north of Kabul.
Provincial officials in Farah said a senior police official, who was killed in the explosion, was the target of the suicide attack. Two of the senior police official’s bodyguards were also killed in the attack.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf denied responsibility in a phone call to Reuters.
But the governor of Farah province said the Taliban back down from taking responsibility for suicide attacks when large numbers of civilians are killed.
“Whenever there are civilian casualties, the Taliban deny responsibility,” Governor Rohul Amin told Reuters. “This attack was definitely carried out by the Taliban.”
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