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Kandahar Blast
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Afghanistan: Kandahar blast leaves five dead

| @indiablooms | Jun 23, 2021, at 10:12 pm

Kandahar:  At least five civilians died and 20 more, including women and children, were injured as a  roadside bomb blast rocked Afghanistan's  Kandahar region on Tuesday, media reports said on Wednesday.

The incident happened on Kabul-Kandahar Highway in Maiwand district in Kandahar on Tuesday night after a passenger vehicle was hit by a roadside mine, police told Tolo News.

Health officials confirmed the casualties and told the news portal“the wounded include women and children.”

No group claimed responsibility for the incident so far.

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