Kabul Two people were killed and eight others wounded after twin blasts went off near a military hospital in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, police said on Thursday.
A taxi driver was slightly wounded after the first explosion occurred near the hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif, provincial police spokesman Adel Shah Adel said.
As security forces arrived at the scene, a second bomb went off in which five police officers and four civilians were wounded.
One civilian and an officer later died while at hospital, Adel added.
Meanwhile, in eastern Nangarhar province, two Afghan border forces were killed and nine others wounded in a Taliban overnight attack, the provincial governor spokesman said. (DPA)
A taxi driver was slightly wounded after the first explosion occurred near the hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif, provincial police spokesman Adel Shah Adel said.
As security forces arrived at the scene, a second bomb went off in which five police officers and four civilians were wounded.
One civilian and an officer later died while at hospital, Adel added.
Meanwhile, in eastern Nangarhar province, two Afghan border forces were killed and nine others wounded in a Taliban overnight attack, the provincial governor spokesman said. (DPA)