7 dead in Helmand car bomb attack

KABUL (Pajhwok): Two security personnel and five civilians were killed and three others wounded in a car bombing targeting security forces in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province on Tuesday, an official said.

The incident occurred this afternoon, Umar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News. Deputy governor Mohammad Jan Rasoul Yar said the blast took place in the Shakar Shila locality. The target of the attack security forces, he added.

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