[Tolo News] At least three civilians including two students were killed and 12 others were hurt in a suicide kaboom in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, local officials said.The incident happened at 10:00 am local time when a suicide attacker went kaboom!" near Qargha district office building, Faizanullah Patan, a front man for governor of Laghman told TOLOnews news hound.
Two Afghan coppers were also maimed in the attack, he added.
No Group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the attack.
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The festivities continued for two days ending last night, Kandahar local officials said on Monday.
Two Afghan police have been killed in the festivities and forty people including fifteen civilians, twelve Afghan coppers, and thirteen Afghan cops have been maimed in the deadly firefights, Interior Ministry Spokesman Zemarai Bashari told news hounds at a news conference on Sunday.
Confirming the death of three people Kandahar central hospital said another 50 have been injured during the festivities.
Southern Kandahar province, the birth place of the Taliban, has recently been the scene of a wave of deadly and embarrassing incidents since the beginning of counterinsurgency combat in Afghanistan.
Interior Ministry Spokesman Zemarai Bashari warned of an increase in Taliban-led attacks in the days ahead.