Dozens hurt in Afghan bomb blast
Source: Press TV
Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:0AM
Officials say 24 civilians and two police officers were injured in the bombing on Thursday, a Press TV correspondent reported. Some officials have put the number of police victims at six.
The bomb went off after a bomber, who was being chased by the police, detonated his explosive-laden car in a local market in the middle of the town bordering Pakistan.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
The bombing is the latest in a recent string of blasts to hit Afghanistan. More than 100 people have died in several big explosions across the war-torn country over the past few weeks.
More than 2,000 civilians were killed in the violence across the war-ravaged country last year, making 2010 the deadliest year for civilians since the US-led invasion in 2001.
AR/GHN
Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:0AM
A file photo of the aftermath of a car bomb blast in Afghanistan's Jalalabad in February 2011
At least 26 people, mostly civilians, have been wounded in a bomb blast in the border town of Spin Boldak in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar.
Officials say 24 civilians and two police officers were injured in the bombing on Thursday, a Press TV correspondent reported. Some officials have put the number of police victims at six.
The bomb went off after a bomber, who was being chased by the police, detonated his explosive-laden car in a local market in the middle of the town bordering Pakistan.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
The bombing is the latest in a recent string of blasts to hit Afghanistan. More than 100 people have died in several big explosions across the war-torn country over the past few weeks.
More than 2,000 civilians were killed in the violence across the war-ravaged country last year, making 2010 the deadliest year for civilians since the US-led invasion in 2001.
AR/GHN
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