Suicide truck bomb kills 8, wounds 12

The defence ministry said the crash appeared to have been caused by a technical problem.

President Ashraf Ghani provided his condolences to the households of the lifeless troopers. He confirmed the casualty determine, and stated the lifeless included a unit commander and 11 troopers, in addition to the crew.

An Afghan official says a suicide bomber exploded a truck loaded with explosives outside provincial government offices in the country’s east, killing eight people and wounding another 12. According to the Dawn, five other police personnel have also been wounded.

Rahimi said the target of the blast, which blew out windows in nearby homes, was not known.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes as the Taliban intensify their summer offensive despite a bitter power transition within the militant movement.

Rahmat Gul/AP An Afghan newspaper shows the Taliban’s new leader, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor (l.) and former chief Mullah Mohammad Omar, who died in 2013.

In Kandahar metropolis, in the meantime, two police checkpoints got here underneath assault from gunmen sporting suicide vests, in response to Samim Khpolwak, the provincial governor’s spokesman.

Rahmatullah Atrafi, the province’s deputy police chief, said two police officers died while five attackers were killed.