Three killed, 12 injured in Afghanistan suicide bombing - police


  • World
  • Thursday, 21 Mar 2024

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bombing in front of a bank killed at least three people and injured 12 others in Afghanistan's Kandahar city on Thursday, local police said.

The blast mostly killed civilians who had gathered in front of the bank to withdraw cash, the Kandahar police department said in a statement.

(Reporting by Yunus Yawar; Writing by Shivam Patel and Sudipto Ganguly; Editing by Himani Sarkar)

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