Blast in Afghan town near Chaman kills 2

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QUETTA: Two people were killed and 13 others injured when a bomb exploded in Vesh Mandi, an Afghan town in Kandahar province across the Chaman border, on Wednesday.

Militants fitted a remote-controlled improvised explosive device to a motorcycle and parked it near a bank and detonated the IED when a police vehicle reached there, an Afghan security official told reporters in Chaman by phone.

Two people died and 13 were injured. A portion of the bank building collapsed and several vehicles, buildings and shops were damaged by the impact of the explosion.

Security personnel took the bodies and the injured to hospital where condition of four was said to be critical.No one claimed responsibility for the bomb attack.

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