New control centre to fight rise in attacks in Afghan capital


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Dec 2014

Afghan security forces inspect at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul December 18, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL (Reuters) - A new control centre is to be created to coordinate security forces and fight a rise in Taliban attacks in Kabul, the capital's police chief said on Thursday, hours after a bomb killed a police officer and injured three in the city.

As most foreign troops withdraw this month, Afghanistan has seen waves of suicide bombings and commando-style assaults by the Islamist insurgents.

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