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4 people killed, 5 wounded in Baghlan blast

AT-KABUL: At least four civilians have been killed and several others wounded when a motorcycle bomb went off in northern Baghlan province.

Baghlan police chief, Aminullah Amarkhel, said that the incident took place in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital city of the province, when a motorcycle bomb went off killing four people wounded five others.

He said that the incident happened near a prison. Amarkhel added that all the victims of the blast were civilians, though the target of the blast was, apparently, Afghan army soldiers.

No group including the Taliban has claimed the responsibility of the blast so far.

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