Afghanistan: 3 Killed, 7 injured in explosion outside Ghani's office

DN Bureau

Three people, including a child, were killed and seven others were injured in an explosion outside Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's office in Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday night.

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Kandahar: Three people, including a child, were killed and seven others were injured in an explosion outside Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's office in Kandahar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday night. 

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The explosive device was attached to the entrance of the office of President Ghani.

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A security source told  that three civilians - "one child, one woman and one elder man" - were killed and seven others were injured in the blast, which occurred late on Tuesday night.

No one has claimed responsibility for the explosion.

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This comes ahead of Afghanistan's presidential election scheduled to be held on September 28. President Ashraf Ghani is seeking his second term.

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Recently, Afghanistan has been the victim of many terror attacks in which several people lost their lives. (ANI)










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