KABUL: As many as eight people were dead while 12 others were wounded when a suicide bomber exploded a truck loaded with explosive outside provincial government offices in the country’s east, official said on Thursday.
The governor of Logar province spokesperson Din Mohammad Darwish said that the dead from Thursday’s attack include three police officers and five civilians. Five police are among the wounded.
The massive blast, in provincial capital Puli Alam, blew out windows in buildings 500 meters (1,600 feet) away.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying the targets were military and paramilitary units.
