Multiple blasts kill at least eight Afghan police

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Source: Reuters

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 17 (Reuters) - A series of roadside explosions killed at least eight police officers in Afghanistan on Thursday, witnesses and officials said, in the latest eruption of violence in the country blamed on the Taliban.

A roadside bomb killed at least four police in their vehicle in the southern city of Kandahar, a bastion for Taliban guerrillas.

When another group of police arrived at the scene to carry away the bodies, a second blast went off near the site of the first explosion. At least three more officers were killed and a cameraman for the Arabic Al Jazeera television network was among the wounded.

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