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ANSF stop suicide attack

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  • By Combined Joint Task Force - 101
  • Combined Press Information Center
Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition forces averted a suicide bomber from harming Afghan civilians in the Tarin Kowt District, Oruzgan province Saturday.

ANSF spotted the suicide bomber behaving suspiciously in the alleyways near a bazaar in the city of Tarin Kowt. The ANSF and Coalition forces evacuated civilians in the nearby area.

The bomber refused to disarm and chose to detonate the explosives, killing himself.

No ANSF, Coalition forces or civilian casualties occurred.