2 killed, 16 injured in Afghanistan blast
A file photo of the aftermath of a bomb attack in Afghanistan
An explosion has rocked the city of Konduz in northern Afghanistan, killing at least two people and wounding 16 others, an Afghan police spokesman says.
The deadly incident occurred on Saturday when a bicycle bomb went off in Konduz city center, said Sayed Sarwar Hosseini, the spokesman for the Kunduz police chief.
Former member of Afghanistan peace council Sher Mohammad Arab was one of those killed in the blast, Reuters cited the spokesman as saying.
Violence continues across Afghanistan despite the presence of nearly 150,000 US-led foreign troops there.
In a latest incident, a powerful explosion targeted a mosque in the Ghaziabad district of the northeastern province of Kunar after Friday Prayers. The blast killed at least six people, including a police chief, an intelligence officer and two other security officials.
Earlier on Wednesday, a roadside bomb hit a mini-van carrying Afghan civilians in southwestern Helmand province, leaving at least 19 people, including 7 women and 5 children, dead.
In two separate explosions on Tuesday, at least 54 Afghans were killed in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif as masses of Shia Muslims in the country were participating in mourning rituals commemorating Ashura, the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (PBUH), grandson of Islam's Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and third Shia Imam.
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