TALOQAN CITY (Pajhwok): Four civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Taloqan city, the capital of northern Takhar province, on Wednesday.
Confirming the incident, police spokesman AbdulMobin Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News the wounded persons had been taken to hospital.
He said the target of the explosion was not immediately known.
However, a source in the Taloqan hospital, on condition of anonymity, said that eight injured people had been brought to the hospital. They were under treatment in the provincial hospital.
No one has so far claimed responsibility for the blast.
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