29 July 2016

News Story: 13 injured in N. Afghanistan bomb attack

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, July 28 (Xinhua) -- About 13 persons were injured after a bomb targeting police ripped through a local bazaar in Afghanistan's northern province of Balghlan on Thursday, a local official said.

"An improvised explosive device (IED) attached to a rickshaw was detonated in Baghlan-e-Markazi district at around 6:45 p.m. local time. The blast caused 13 people wounded," district governor Gowhar Baburi told Xinhua.

The target of the attack was a unit of Afghan Local Police (ALP) patrolling the area, he said.

Read the full story at Xinhua