Officials in Tajikistan say two suicide bombers in an explosives-packed car slammed into a police station in the northern city of Khujand, killing two police officers and wounding some 25 others.

It would appear to be the first suicide bombing in the Central Asian country.

Reports said the toll could rise as investigators continued to search the rubble of the building for the bodies of missing officers.

Interior Ministry officials blamed the attack on elements with ties to the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), whose leadership purportedly has links to Al-Qaeda.

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Azerbaijan and Armenia are blaming each other for the latest clash over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which reportedly killed five soldiers on Tuesday.

Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry says the Armenians tried to attack Azeri forces. The government in Yerevan denies that Armenia was at fault.

Three Armenians and two Azeris are said to have died in an exchange of fire on the front line.

Despite attempts to reach a peace deal, tension has continued to simmer in the conflict that began after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Russian special forces have killed ten insurgents during two operations in the north Caucasus.

Five died during a siege in Nalchik, the regional capital of Kabardino Balkaria. The city has been on lockdown overnight.

The authorities were looking for the people behind recent attacks on local police.

The area has been largely untouched by the spreading violence in the region, but there has been a recent rise in clashes with police.

At the same time, a second siege was underway in neighbouring Dagestan.

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Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces killed 10 Taliban insurgents in Taliban birthplace Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, the military alliance said in a press release Wednesday.

“Afghan and coalition forces killed 10 Taliban insurgents in Kandahar province Tuesday while in pursuit of a Taliban commander responsible for weapons deliveries,” the press release said.

The press release said that when the joint security forces approached the targeted compound in Zanabad village of Panjwai district a group of militants ran from the building in multiple directions and opened fire. In retaliation, the security forces returned fire, killing 10 insurgents, it added.

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Georgia sent a statement to the UN on Friday accusing Russia of violating ceasefire agreements.

“Two years after the Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities was signed on August 12, 2008, Russia still ignores this agreement and continues to violate almost all of its provisions,” the statement said.

“Russian troops have occupied territories beyond the conflict area,” it added.

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