5 killed, 7 injured in suicide bombing in Northern Afghanistan: Police
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Jumadin Khaksar, police spokesman for Kunduz province, says civilians, civil servants, and members of the Taliban security forces were among those killed.
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A picture taken near the location of a suicide bombing outside a bank in Kunduz, in Northern Afghanistan (Social media)
A suicide bombing outside a bank in Northern Afghanistan on Tuesday killed five people, including Taliban security personnel, and wounded seven others, police said.
The attack targeted a queue of people waiting to collect their salaries at a bank in Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz Province.
"A suicide bomber, who had improvised explosive devices, detonated himself," confirmed Jumadin Khaksar, police spokesman for Kunduz province.
He noted that civilians, civil servants, and members of the Taliban security forces were among those killed.
#BREAKING: A Huge Explosion Rocks, Afghanistan's Kunduz
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A powerful explosion struck near a Kabul Bank branch in Kunduz, likely targeting Taliban members collecting salaries. The Taliban's provincial police confirmed the blast but withheld casualty details.
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"The Kunduz Province Police Command is working with relevant organisations to find the perpetrators of the incident and bring them to justice," Khaksar added.
In March last year, a suicide bombing outside a bank in the southern city of Kandahar killed at least three people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday’s bombing.
While the number of bombings and suicide attacks in Afghanistan has significantly declined since the Taliban took power in August 2021, ending their insurgency against the US-backed government, armed groups—including IS—continue to pose a security threat.
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