Blast rocks Afghanistan's Balkh province, casualties feared-Xinhua

Blast rocks Afghanistan's Balkh province, casualties feared

Source: Xinhua| 2022-12-06 13:24:45|Editor: huaxia

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- A bomb blast rocked Afghanistan's northern Balkh province early on Tuesday morning, a local news agency Salam Watandar reported.

The incident took place at about 7:15 a.m. local time after a vehicle was blown up by an explosive device in Sayedabad square in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh, said the agency.

"A number of people have been killed or injured," said the agency quoting Mohammad Asef Waziri, the provincial police spokesman who did not provide details about the exact number of casualties.

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