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Car bomb detonated near Kabul bank killing 20
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At least 15 people were killed and over 50 others were wounded in a car bomb blast in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, local officials confirmed.
At least 15 people were killed and over 50 others were wounded in a car bomb blast in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, local officials confirmed.A car bomb exploded near the New Kabul Bank branch in Lashkargah, capital of Helmand province on Thursday, local officials said.
At least 15 people were killed and over 50 others were wounded in a car bomb blast in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, local officials confirmed.

At least 20 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a car bomb explosion outside a bank in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, TOLOnews reported.

The blast took place at about 12 noon local time after a car bomb exploded, a spokesman for the provincial governor Omar Zwak said.

“Civilians and military are among the wounded. There is no report about exact number of dead,” Zwak said.

The victims have been taken to the emergency hospital, he added.

Earlier it was said that gunmen stormed the New Kabul Bank but Zwak says that “the security guards of the bank started shooting after the incident.”

However, no group including the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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