(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman, Aug. 28 (Petra) -- At least 13 people were killed Sunday and many more injured in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, according to BBC.
It said the attack targeted a military vehicle in the district of Nawa, an area that has seen heavy fighting in recent weeks.
The victims included both soldiers and civilians, a government spokesman said.
The dead and wounded were taken to a hospital in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. It is not yet clear who was behind the attack.
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