Afghanistan: Explosion in Farah kills and injures dozens including police members

An explosion targeting police vehicles inside Farah city kills 4 police and injures 22 civilians in Farah city, an official said.

An explosion targeting police vehicles inside Farah city kills 4 police and injures 22 civilians in Farah city, an official said.

“Explosives placed inside a vehicle targeted a police car around 18:30 in district 4 of Farah city on Wednesday, killing 4 policemen and injured 22 civilians”, Tariq Aryan, a spokesperson to the Ministry of Interior Affairs said in a statement.

However, eyewitnesses believe a minimum of around 10 people has been killed in this incident.

No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility of this attack.

This comes as both the Taliban and Afghan government are to start an intra-Afghan talk soon to discussing reaching a stable peace and ending the long Afghan war.