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Population Afghanistan: Explosion leaves eight people hurt
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 25 Jul 2018, 02:16 pm Print
Kabul: An explosion in Afghanistan's Faryab province on Wednesday left at least eight people injured. media reports said.
Police told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place inside a shop in Maimana, the provincial capital in the morning.
Police have started investigating the matter.
The injured people were rushed to a hospital.
Haji Mohammad Naeem, the shopkeeper who sustained injury in the blast, told the Afghanistan-based news agency: “A woman entered and said she wants to print birthday cards and put a bag in my shop."
“The woman told me she wound return once the cards are printed. Soon after she left, the explosion happened,” he said.
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