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KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An explosion in Kabul on Wednesday wounded a senior police official and killed two of his bodyguards, authorities said.
The official was identified as Ali Shah Paktiawal, head of the criminal investigative department in Kabul, said Zemarai Bashary, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry.
The blast happened about six miles (10 km) west of the Afghan capital, he added.
Three officers were killed in the same area by a roadside blast Tuesday night, Bashary said.
The Taliban took responsibility for the first attack. Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid -- speaking by phone from an undisclosed location -- said the group's militants detonated a police vehicle and killed three police officers.
Journalist Farhad Peikar contributed to this story
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