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Afghanistan: Two car bomb explosions hit Helmand

| @indiablooms | Jul 22, 2020, at 10:40 pm

Kabul/UNI: Two car bomb explosions hit Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, resulting in injuries and fatalities both for the Afghan military and the Taliban, TOLOnews reported on Wednesday.

"The first motor bomb targeted 601th Shahra Unit forces, which injured six Afghan National Army [ANA] soldiers and three policemen and killed three ANA soldiers," a source told TOLOnews.

The office of the Helmand governor released a statement on the incident, confirming that six ANA soldiers were injured and specifying that the attack took place in the Greshk district.

According to the provincial governor's office, a clash, erupted between the Taliban and the Afghan forces after the explosion that left three Taliban militants dead and several others injured.

"The second motor bomb took place on the Helmand-Kandahar highway and targeted the National Directorate of Security," the security sources said.

Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor, confirmed the incident and noted that the number of casualties remained uncertain. 

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