Bombers kill 22 in Afghanistan

Associated Press

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan

Six suicide bombers attacked a governor’s security meeting in one of Afghanistan’s most-secure provinces, killing 22 people and driving home the point that the Taliban is able to strike at will virtually anywhere in the country.

Police said Sunday’s assault began outside the front gate, where a car bomber set off an explosion that smashed through a wall of the compound, allowing five other insurgents toting assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers to enter.

Sixteen of the dead were civilian Afghan government employees and six were policemen, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. At least 37 other people were injured.