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Explosion in Afghan City of Ghazni Kills 21 People, Injures 17 More, Reports Say

© AP Photo / Mohammad Anwar DanishyarAug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban assault on Ghazni, a key city linking areas of Taliban influence barely 75 miles from Kabul, has killed about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers since Friday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said
Aug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni province west of Kabul, Afghanistan. A Taliban assault on Ghazni, a key city linking areas of Taliban influence barely 75 miles from Kabul, has killed about 100 Afghan policemen and soldiers since Friday, the Afghan Defense Ministry said - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - An explosion in the eastern Afghan city of Ghazni killed 21 people and injured 17 others on Sunday, the Ariana News TV channel reported, citing a head of a local hospital.

The head of the hospital in Ghazni claimed that all the dead and wounded were military personnel.

Earlier in the day, the media reported that the blast injured eight soldiers.

According to Afghanistan’s 1TV broadcaster, an explosive device placed in a car detonated near an Afghan military base. Before the blast, there reportedly was a gunfight outside of the base.

Meanwhile, the TOLOnews broadcaster reported, citing a spokesman for provincial governor Wahidullah Jumazada, that a suicide car bomber detonated explosives.

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