Suicide Bomber Kills Five in Afghanistan Attack
Five people have been killed in an explosion outside a bank in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday.
It was gathered that the incident which left seven more people injured had a Taliban security force as one of its casualties.
Osun Defender learnt that the attack was said to have targeted the queue of people waiting to collect salaries from a bank in the city of Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz province.
Police spokesman for the Kunduz province, Jumadin Khaksar stated that the suicide bomber had improvised explosive devices and detonated himself.
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He added that civilians, civil servants and members of Taliban security forces were among those killed, assuring that security operatives are working with relevant organizations to find the perpetrators.
Osun Defender recalls that a suicide bomber had in March 2024 killed at least three people when he detonated a bomb outside a bank in the southern city of Kandahar, in an attack claimed by the regional chapter of the state.
“There are no immediate claims of responsibility for the attack that happened on Tuesday and a number of bomb blast and suicide attacks in Afghanistan has declined since Taliban ended their insurgency after seizing power in August 2021, Several groups like IS still remain a threat,” he stated.
