Adelshah Adel, a spokesaman for the provincial police said an explosives-laden bicycle went off in Mazar-e Sharif city, the historic provincial capital of Balkh province which injured at least 18 civilians.
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another security official said the earth-shattering kaboom maimed at least 23 people including security personnel.
The officials further added that five Traffic Police and an Afghan National Police (ANP) soldier were also among those maimed.
No individual or group including Taliban
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has so far grabbed credit for the earth-shattering kaboom.
Talibs and other holy warrior groups frequently use improvised bombs to target the security forces and government personnel.