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1st LD: Suicide bombing kills 14 in eastern Afghanistan

Xinhua, February 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Some 14 people were killed and 11 others injured as a suicide bombing rocked Afghanistan's eastern province of Parwan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.

"The blast took place in Seyyagard District at around midday. The killed and injured were shifted to a hospital in the district, west of provincial capital Charikar city," spokesman Wahid Seddiqi told Xinhua.

The bomber targeted an Afghan Local Police (ALP) patrol near the district office building.

Those killed included six ALP officers and seven civilians in addition to the bomber, the official added.

"Some six police, including a local police commander, and five civilian passersby were wounded," he said.

No group has claimed responsibility yet for the attack, but the Taliban insurgent group routinely claims responsibility for such attacks. Enditem