KANDAHAR, Afghanistan A suicide bomber collection his car into the gate of an army base in southern Afghanistan on Friday and detonated his explosives, killing three civilians, a countrified authoritative said.

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The bombing in Shajoy district of Zabul province also seriously wounded four Afghan army soldiers, Deputy Gov. Gulab Shah Alikhail said. The attacker died in the explosion, he added.

The incident follows a report by the U.S. warlike that Afghan and coalition forces killed four militants in a firefight north of Kabul on Thursday.

The fighting broke out while troops from the U.S.-led coalition were searching a compound associated with Hizb-e-Islami, an Islamic faction led by warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, U.S. forces said in a statement.

People barricaded in the compound fired upon the troops. Coalition and Afghan forces returned fire - killing four people and capturing three others, according to the account.

Thursday’s clash occurred in northern Kapisa province’session Tagab district. Provincial Police Chief Matyullah Safi confirmed the four deaths and that they were members of Hizb-e-Islami.

U.S. forces before-mentioned they besides detained five suspected militants in a separate ratify in Khost province upon the body Thursday.

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