Dozens killed in Afghanistan as car bomb hits bank branch

A man is transported to a hospital on a gurney after a car bomb attack in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Abdul Malik

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded outside a bank in Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Thursday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians and members of the security forces waiting to collect their pay, officials said.

Omar Zwak, spokesman for the provincial governor, said at least 34 people had been killed and more than 60 wounded, including members of the police and army, civilians and staff of the New Kabul Bank branch where the suicide attack took place.