Off the wire
• Urgent: Casualties feared as roadside bomb hits police van in E. Afghanistan  • China down DPR Korea 2-1 to cruise to last eight with 9 points  • China's Guangdong reports two H7N9 cases, one recovers  • Results of China vs DPR Korea at Asian Cup  • 1st LD Writethru: Suicide car bomb kill 3, wounds 10 in S. Afghanistan  • China expects 8-pct rise in holiday airline passengers  • Weather forecast for world cities -- Jan. 18  • Urgent: Suicide car bomb leaves over dozen dead and injured in S. Afghanistan  • Roundup: Suicide car bomb rocks Afghan southern city Kandahar, 23 militants surrender in north  • FLASH: SUICIDE CAR BOMB LEAVES DOZEN DEAD AND INJURED IN AFGHANISTAN'S HELMAND PROVINCE -- OFFICIAL  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD writethru: 5 injured as roadside bomb hits police van in E. Afghanistan

Xinhua, January 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Five persons including three police and two civilians sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck police van in the eastern Khost province on Sunday, spokesman for provincial government Mubariz Zadran said. "A mine planted by militants struck a police vehicle in the outskirts of the provincial capital the Khost city at around 02:00 p.m. local time, injuring three personnel of Border Police Force and two civilians," Zadran told Xinhua.

He also added that efforts are underway to identify and bring to justice those behind the offensive.

This is the third blast against security forces in a single day on Sunday.

In the previous attacks which occurred in the southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces three police were killed and a dozen others including police and civilians sustained injuries. Endit