10 killed, 24 injured in blast in N Afghanistan
11:40, 25 June 2011
KABUL. June 25. KAZINFORM Ten people were killed and 24 others were injured when a bicycle bomb went off in Kunduz province 250 km north of capital city of Kabul on Friday evening, the interior ministry confirmed on Saturday. Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
"A bomb placed in a bicycle was detonated by a remote control device late on Friday in Khan Abad district of northern Kunduz province. As a result 10 people including a teenage girl and a policeman were killed," said a statement issued by interior ministry here on Saturday.
According to the statement, a total of 24 others including five women and a police officer were also wounded in the blast.
The statement blamed Taliban for attack but the insurgent group has yet to make comment.
The Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant since the militant group announced to launch spring offensive from May 1 against Afghan and NATO-led troops stationed in Afghanistan. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com