KABUL, Jan 17 (NNN-ANA) – At least a child was killed and four security personnel were wounded, after a roadside bomb blast hit a security forces pick-up truck, in Bagrami district, east of the capital Kabul yesterday, the capital police said.
The incident occurred when an improvised bomb, planted at a road divider, was detonated when the vehicle was passing by an area in Bagrami district, at around mid-day, police spokesman, Mubin Khan, told reporters via text massaging.
An investigation is underway and the affected people have been shifted to a nearby hospital, he said.
The blast also damaged several vehicles and nearby buildings.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
Militants affiliated to the extremist Daesh group have claimed responsibility for a number of bomb attacks in Afghanistan in recent months.
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration, vowed to crack down on the outlaws and criminals, to ensure law and order in the country.
