The death toll in an ongoing suicide and gun attack on a police training centre in a southeast Afghan city has risen to 32 with more than 200 wounded, a hospital official said Tuesday. The victims of the ongoing Gardez attack, which was claimed by the Taliban in a tweet, include women, students and police, officials said. “A group of gunmen have entered the compound and fighting is ongoing,” said Allah Mir Bahram, a member of the Paktia provincial council. The attack came hours after a US drone strike in Pakistan’s Kurram tribal district, part of which borders Paktia, killed at least 26 Haqqani militants, officials have said. Local officials said that drones were still flying above Kurram after the attack, the deadliest targeting militants in the Pakistani tribal region this year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 17, 2017 11:37 UTC