KABUL, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Civilians often pay high prices in the war-zones, particularly in militancy-plagued Afghanistan as considerable number of the victims of three suicide bombings elsewhere in the country over the past seven days were civilians, according to officials.
Since beginning this month, three suicide bombings have rocked Parwan, Kandahar and the eastern Nangarhar province. About 12 recruits of national army were killed and 26 others injured in the latest one occurred outside Nangarhar's provincial capital Jalalabad city on Monday, according to defense ministry's statement.
However, local officials in Jalalabad put the number of casualties higher than reported by defense ministry, saying 13 people including 12 army recruits and the bomber had been killed and 40 others including 26 army recruits and 14 civilians sustained injuries, some in critical condition.
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