Five dead, dozens wounded in attack on Afghan police base

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An hours - long attack on an Afghan police special forces base involving car bombs and an intense firefight killed five policemen and wounded dozens of people , officials said Tuesday , as violence continued to surge in the war -weary country .
Three suicide bombers detonated their explosives -loaded vehicles targeting the base in the city of Khost near the Pakistan border , Khost police chief Ghulam Daud Tarakhil told AFP , before other gunmen tried to storm the compound .
One suicide bomber detonated his vehicle at the gates of the base early in the morning , while two others blew up their vehicles later during the gun battle between security forces and gunmen , he said.
A fierce firefight that lasted for almost nine hours between the militants and security forces ended with the killing of seven other militants , Tarakhil said.
Afghanistan ’ s interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed that the gun battle had now ended .
The assault left five policemen dead and wounded 33 other people , including nine civilians , Tarakhil added .
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack .
Khost, a restive province , is home to active Taliban insurgents and also Al-Qaeda fighters , officials say .
Further north, three civilians were killed and 10 others were wounded in a separate attack Tuesday when a “ sticky bomb” attached to a car exploded near Kabul airport , police spokesman Ferdaws Faramuz said in a statement .
Violence has raged across Afghanistan in recent weeks even as the Taliban and Afghan government remain engaged in peace talks to end the country ’ s long - running conflict .
Afghan and US officials have repeatedly warned that the rising bloodshed is threatening the talks being held in Qatar since last month.

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