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Taliban car bomb targets Afghan army base, wounds 15

Lashkar Gah is the capital of Helmand province, where the Taliban have a strong presence and carry out near-daily attacks

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AP | PTI Kabul
An Afghan official says a car bomb has gone off near a military base in the southern city of Lashkar Gah, wounding 15 people.

Omar Zwak, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said all but one of those wounded in today's attack were soldiers.

He says the attack targeted a military convoy leaving the base.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which they said was carried out by a suicide bomber.

Lashkar Gah is the capital of Helmand province, where the Taliban have a strong presence and carry out near-daily attacks.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Dec 27 2017 | 8:35 PM IST

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