

The double bombing came less than two weeks after gunmen attacked the American University in Kabul, killing 13 people.

"This tragic event in Helmand province reminds us that Afghanistan remains a dangerous place."

At least two attackers are killed, a police official said

India told the Afghans that it would do whatever it could to meet the security forces' requirements

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It is the second U.S. killing of a prominent militant in the region in months.

Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Islamist militant Pakistani Taliban group, claimed responsibility for the attack in an email.



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However, this is "not a blanket order to target the Taliban."

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