At least 3 killed, 12 wounded in suicide attack on bank in Afghanistan
Kabul, AFGHANISTAN (EFE) – At least three people were killed and another 12 wounded on Thursday in a suicide attack at a bank in the city of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, a local official confirmed to EFE.
The attack occurred around 8.30am local time in front of Kabul Bank, where people were waiting to receive their salaries, according to Kandahar’s information and culture director Inamullah Samangani.
At least “three persons were killed and 12 others wounded. The wounded have been taken to hospitals, and their health was reported to be good,” Samangani told EFE.
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The private bank is often responsible for distributing the salaries of military personnel in Afghanistan and has been the target of several attacks by insurgent groups in the past.
The offices of the Kabul Bank are also adjacent to the former Kandahar Security Command.
Security forces have been sent to the area to investigate the attack, which comes during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
No group has claimed the attack so far.
The Afghan branch of the terror outfit Islamic State has emerged as the main threat to the stability of the country, although the Taliban deny that the armed organization poses a security challenge. EFE
