9 killed in three blasts in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Afghanistan

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9 killed in three blasts in Mazar-e-Sharif city of Afghanistan

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  • At least nine people died in Afghanistan on Wednesday.
  • Three explosions occurred in passenger vehicles in the Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
  • Another blast occurred on Wednesday evening at a mosque in Kabul.

At least nine people were killed in three explosions on passenger vehicles in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Reuters news agency reported. Taliban spokesman in Balkh, Mohammad Wajeri, said explosions also occurred in northern Balkh province, injuring 15 people.

Another explosion occurred at a mosque in Kabul on Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the capital’s commander said, injuring at least two people.

An emergency hospital in Kabul said in a tweet that they found five bodies from the blast and more than a dozen injured patients.

Three explosions ripped through passenger vehicles in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Wednesday, killing at least nine people, a provincial commander’s spokesman said on Wednesday, as officials confirmed another explosion in the Afghan capital.

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