<p> <a href="/en/afganistan/kabul/charikar" class="glossify-link">CHARIKAR</a>): Three people were killed and four others wounded in a suicide car bombing in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province on Friday, an official said.</p>
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<p>Qais Qadiri, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the bomber was a car driver detonated his explosive vest in Titarkhel area in the afternoon.</p>
<p>He said a woman and her son travelling in the car were killed and four others wounded as a result of the blast. The driver set off his suicide vest when police stopped the vehicle at a checkpoint in the area.</p>
<p>The injured were rushed to a <a href="/en/health" class="glossify-link">health</a> facility of French forces before being taken to the a US military airbase in Bagram, the gubernatorial spokesman explained.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Faqir Ahmad Siddiqui, said they had received an intelligence tip-off regarding <a href="/en/taliban" class="glossify-link">Taliban</a>’s plan to conduct attacks in Mahmood Raqi -- the provincial capital.</p>
<p>Subsequently, he said tight security measures had been put in place. He said one policeman was among the wounded, but his injuries were not life-threatening.</p>
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