1 killed, 9 injured in Samangan bomb blast

AIBAK/KABUL (Pajhwok): At least one person was killed and nine others injured in an explosion in northern Samangan province while a bomb blast in capital Kabul caused no casualties, officials said Saturday.

Munir Rahimi, Samangan police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that an explosion happened in a booth in Park Markazi area of Aibak city, capital of the province around 10am today morning.

He said that the booth belonged to a cleric selling amulets. The bomb killed a person and wounded nine others when exploded, he added.

All the injured of the incident were civilians and they were shifted to hospital for treatment, Rahimi added.

An eyewitness who wished to go unnamed, said, “I was near the explosion area, a number of people injured.”

Samangan public health director, Abdul Khalil Mesdaq confirmed transfer of a body and nine injured people from the incident area to the provincial civil hospital.

According to another report, a bomb was exploded on Darul Aman Road in the limits of sixth police district of capital Kabul this morning.

Kabul police spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz confirmed the incident but said that the blast caused no casualties. He said that an investigation was underway about the incident.

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