Explosion inside Kabul cricket stadium injures four -cricket board official


  • World
  • Friday, 29 Jul 2022

KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion went off inside Kabul's main cricket stadium during a domestic league match on Friday, injuring four people, an official of Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said.

"The match was going on between two teams in Shpageza League, and during the match a blast happened; four civilians in the crowd have been injured," the Chief Executive of ACB, Nassib Khan, said in a statement.

ACB staff and players were safe, he added.

(Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar; Writing by Gibran Peshimam; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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