Car bombing kills 2 civilians in northern Afghanistan

Published July 29, 2015
No police officers were wounded in the attack. ─ AP/File
No police officers were wounded in the attack. ─ AP/File

KABUL: A police official says a car bombing in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday killed two civilians and wounded 11.

Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, a spokesman for the police chief in Kunduz province, says the blast occurred when a local police vehicle was passing by.

Hussaini says no police officers were wounded in the attack, which took place near a hospital in the city of Kunduz.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Such indiscriminate bombings are both a major threat to both Afghan security forces and civilians across the country.

Read more: Taliban advance in north Afghanistan seizing district, villages

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