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Afghanistan: Laghman bomb attack kills 6
Kabul, July 22 (IBNS): At least seven people were killed as a magnetic bomb went off in the Alishing district of Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province on Friday, media reports said.
The bomb was reportedly affixed to a local police van.
The blast took place in Najaran area of the district at about 11am, the governor’s spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
The deceased were mostly civilians, reports said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
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