FACTBOX-Key facts about suicide bombings in Afghanistan
Source: Reuters
Oct 6 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of police headquarters in the eastern Afghan town of Khost on Friday, killing himself and a policeman. The attack came a day before the fifth anniversary of the start of the U.S. intervention that overthrew the Taliban government in late 2001. Here are some facts on suicide bombings recorded in Afghanistan since January 2005. KEY FIGURES: Attacks: 72 Attacks in 2005: 17 Attacks in 2006: 55 Casualties (not including suicide bombers): 239 Wounded: 324 Attacks without casualties: 34/72 Attacks where bombs go off accidentally: 7/72 Attackers pre-empted by police: 2 WORST ATTACKS: - August 3, 2006: The worst attack to date occurs in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, when twenty-one civilians are killed when a suicide bomber rams his car into a NATO convoy on the main highway. - June 1, 2005: The second worst attack occurs, when a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform kills 20 people, including a police chief, in an attack on a mosque in Kandahar. BLOODIEST DAY: - At least 26 people die in two separate suicide attacks in Spin Boldak and Kandahar on Jan. 17, 2006. MOST FREQUENTLY HIT AREAS: - Kandahar: 33 attacks - Kabul: 11 attacks - Herat/Khost: 4 attacks Source: Reuters;
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