Suicide attack in Northeast Afghanistan kills 11, wounds 40

  27 February 2016    Read: 1056
Suicide attack in Northeast Afghanistan kills 11, wounds 40
A suicide attack near a governor
Initial reports of a powerful explosion in Asadabad city gave the death toll at 15 people, according to the Pajhwok news service.

Freelance Afghanistan-based journalist Bilal Sarwary cited local residents as saying the purported assailant arrived near the governor’s office on a motorbike and approached tribal elder Haji Khan Jan before detonating his explosives.

Jan was reportedly among the casualties.

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