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Blast kills 1, wounds 7 in E. Afghanistan

Xinhua, November 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

One person was killed and seven others sustained injuries as a roadside bomb struck a police van in eastern Khost province Friday night, provincial police chief Faizullah Ghairat said Saturday.

"A mine planted on a road by anti-government militants went off when a team of police was on routine patrol in provincial capital Khost Friday night, killing a civilian and wounding seven others including four police and three civilians," Ghairat told Xinhua.

Taliban militants who are active in parts of Khost province and largely relying on suicide and roadside bombings have yet to claim responsibility. Endit