Death toll rises in Afghan market bombing


(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) At least 25 people, mainly civilians, were killed Wednesday in a suicide bomb explosion in northern Afghanistan, a
government official said, according to dpa.

'A suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest in a bazaar in Almar
district,' said Ahmad Javed Bedar, a governor's spokesman in the
northern province of Faryab.

Civilians and troops were among the casualties, and about 38 people
were wounded, some critically, he said.


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