Blast hits Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province: Police

A blast hit the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Saturday.

Kabul,UPDATED: Mar 11, 2023 13:21 IST

Blast hit Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Saturday. (Representative picture)

By Reuters: A blast hit the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Saturday, police mentioned, days after an explosion claimed by Islamic State killed the province’s governor.

“A blast has taken placed in the second police district of Balkh,” mentioned Mohamad Asif Waziri, Balkh’s police spokesperson. “We will share details later.” He mentioned the authorities didn’t anticipate a excessive variety of casualties however had been investigating.

A journalist primarily based in Balkh, Mohammad Fardin Nowrozi, instructed Reuters he and a number of other different journalists had been injured within the explosion, however didn’t present additional particulars.

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The reason for the blast was not instantly clear.

Taliban authorities had been already investigating the explosion that killed the provincial governor, Mawlawi Mohammad Dawood Muzamil, and two others at his workplace on Thursday.

The governor of Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar will briefly run Balkh, his spokesman Haji Zaid instructed Reuters, till Supreme Spiritual Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada selects a brand new governor for the northern province, an necessary commerce hub with Central Asia.

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Mar 11, 2023