Afghanistan car bomb kills 18 – PB/TK
Deadly car bomb attack rocks Afghanistan’s Khost – Aljazeera / May 27 2017
A suicide car bomber has attacked Afghan police providing security to US forces in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 18 people, government officials said.
The attack, responsibility for which has been claimed by the Taliban, took place around 8:30am (04:00 GMT) on Saturday near a stadium and bus station in Khost City, Mubariz Zadran, a spokesman for the governor of Khost province, told Al Jazeera.
“Eighteen people were killed and 10 people injured, including two children,” Zadran said. “The target of the attack was Afghan police and US forces, but most of the victims were civilians.”
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