KABUL: At least seven people were killed in Afghanistan when blast hit vehicle carrying oil workers in Northern Province of Balkh, while another blast in eastern city of Jalalabad injured six people. “Today at around 7 a.m. blast took place in Balkh on bus which belonged to Hairatan oil employees,” said Mohammad Asif Wazeri, police spokesperson for Northern Province.

Balkh province is home to one of Afghanistan’s main dry ports in town of Hairatan near border with Uzbekistan, which has rail and road links to Central Asia. Blast injures six near money market in eastern Afghan city. Wazeri said Balkh police was searching for culprit behind explosion on vehicle. It was not clear who employees on bus worked for.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 07 2022

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