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The government also said it was... Email Print Related News Suicide blast kills powerful Afghan police chief 2:27am EDT Clinton calls on Pakistan to do more against militants Fri, May 27 2011 Bomber kills 24 in Pakistan; U.S. military mission trimmed Thu, May 26 2011 Car bomb destroys police station in Pakistan, six dead Wed, May 25 2011 Afghan Taliban say leader Mullah Omar "safe and sound" Mon, May 23 2011 Analysis & Opinion U.S.-Pakistan ties and the curse of secrecy WITNESS: An evening with Ratko Mladic Related Topics World » Mourners carry the coffin of north Afghanistan police chief General Dawood Dawood, who was killed by a suicide bomber on Saturday, in Takhar province May 29, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Wahdat By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL | Sun May 29, 2011 9:57am EDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan leaders on Sunday appeared to accuse Pakistan of harboring insurgents behind a suicide bombing that killed one of the most powerful men in northern Afghanistan. The government also said it was investigating whether security forces had been infiltrated. Dawood Dawood, the north Afghanistan police chief, was killed in Saturday's attack in Takhar province. Two Afghan police and two German soldiers were also killed, underlining the spread of insurgent violence into once peaceful areas of the country. "No one in Afghanistan would carry out these attacks. All evidence shows that these operations are planned outside of Afghanistan," Waheed Omer, chief spokesman for President Hamid Karzai, told reporters. Kabul regularly accuses elements of the Pakistani government of sheltering insurgents and providing safe havens. Omer said Afghanistan was suffering because of "the hideouts that these terrorists have and the places where they get mobilized, equipped and plan these terrorist attacks." Despite the presence of up to 150,000 foreign troops, violence in Afghanistan was at its worst last year since U.S.-backed Afghan forces overthrew the Taliban almost a decade ago. This year is following a similar trend. The loss of a prominent leader like Dawood is a big blow to a force struggling to become more professional ahead of foreign forces handing over security responsibilities starting in July. Complicating those efforts are the growing number of incidents where "rogue" Afghan police and soldiers, or insurgents who have infiltrated the security forces, have attacked their trainers and government officials. Omer said it was too early to say if the Takhar attack had been aided by a "rogue" policeman or soldier, but that the evidence was being examined. Local officials said the bomber was wearing a police uniform when he detonated his explosives. All foreign combat troops are due to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014. The governor of Takhar province dismissed allegations "rogue" elements were involved in Saturday's attack in Taloqan, the capital of Takhar. He said intelligence officials knew about the mission and even had the telephone number of the suicide bomber several days before his attack. "We sadly failed to catch him before he could carry out his mission," governor Abdul Jabar Taqwa, whose face and hand were burned in the attack, told reporters in Taloqan on Sunday. Shopkeepers closed their doors and hung pictures of Dawood as he was buried on Sunday, and mourners waved black flags in his honor. (Additional reporting by Mohammad Hamed in TALOQAN; Editing by Paul Tait and David Cowell) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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