KABUL, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing militancy and violent incidents have claimed the lives of at least seven civilians and injured more than a dozen others in Afghanistan over the past two days.
In the latest violent incident which harmed non-combatants in the conflict-hit Afghanistan, one innocent civilian lost his life and 14 others were wounded as a suicide bomber blew himself up in northern Mazar-e-Shairf city, the capital of Balkh province 305 km north of national capital Kabul city, on Tuesday.
"The bloody suicide bombing occurred at 12:50 p.m. local time after a militant detonated his explosive-jacket at Mandawi, the city's food and fruit market near the main square of the city killing a passerby on the spot and injuring 14 others, all innocent civilian including a woman and two children," an official told Xinhua but refused to be named, saying authorized officials would brief the media.
Several shops and fruit handcarts were also damaged due to the blast, according to eyewitnesses.
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