TEHRAN (FNA)- About nine security personnel were killed while 20 civilians were injured in a suicide car bombing in Eastern Afghan province of Lowgar on Saturday, the provincial government spokesman said.


"One militant set off an explosive-laden vehicle at an Afghan Local Police (ALP) security checkpoint at around 12:00 pm (local time). As a result six ALP cops and three Afghan army soldiers were killed and 20 civilians, including six children sustained injuries," Spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish told Xinhua.

The blast also damaged a mosque and several houses around the blast sites, the source said, adding the injured were shifted to district hospital in the province with Pul-e-Alam as its capital, 60 km South of Afghan capital of Kabul.

The ALP, or community police, was established in 2010 to protect villages and districts around country where army and police have limited presence.

No group has claimed responsibility yet for the attack, but the Taliban routinely claim responsibility for such attacks.

By Fars News Agency

 

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