PUL-E-KHUMRI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Six civilians and three police officers were wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan on Friday, a local official confirmed.
"Nine wounded people were admitted at a main provincial hospital Friday morning. Some of the affected people sustained serious wounds," Haleem Ghafari from provincial health directorate told Xinhua.
The incident occurred when an improvised bomb struck a police convoy on the outskirts of Pul-e-Khumri in the morning, a provincial police source told Xinhua anonymously.
Provincial police chief Wais Samimi who was in the motorcade did not get hurt in the incident, he said.
The province has been the scene of heavy clashes between Taliban insurgents and government security forces within the past several weeks.
The police official blamed Taliban for the attack. Enditem
