4 dead, 16 injured in explosion in Afghanistan

Four people died and 16 others were injured in an explosion at a cultural center in the northern province of Afghanistan, a source in Taliban said.

Local media reported that in the morning at 11:00 local time, an explosion occurred in the center of the city of Mazar-I-Sharif in Balkh province.

At the time of the explosion, there were journalists, religious figures and officials in the cultural center.

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A blast hit the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Saturday, police said, days after an explosion claimed by Islamic State killed the province’s governor.

“A blast has taken placed in the second police district of Balkh,” said Mohamad Asif Waziri, Balkh’s police spokesperson.

He confirmed that one died and five others were injured in the incident, adding that there are three children among those who suffered.