Car bomb near stadium kills 12 in Afghanistan's Helmand province, says official

| Mar 23, 2018, 21:18 IST
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KABUL: An official says 12 people have been killed and 40 others wounded in a car bombing outside a sports stadium in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

Aminullah Abed, the chief of the province's public health department, in Helmand province said the 12 killed and 40 wounded were received at a hospital in Lashkar Gha on Friday.


The explosion occurred after celebrations over the Afghan new year were winding down and revelers were on their way home, he added.



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