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Car bomb kills at least 17 in Afghanistan beforehand of ceasefire


At least 17 human beings have been, killed in an automobile bomb explosion in Afghanistan on Thursday as crowds shopped in advance of the Muslim pageant of Eid al-Adha, officers and a medic said.


Car bomb kills at least 17 in Afghanistan beforehand of ceasefireCar bomb kills at least 17 in Afghanistan beforehand of ceasefire


"Seventeen our bodies and 21 wounded human beings had been introduced to our hospital," Sediqullah, a senior physician at a clinic in the metropolis of Puli Alam in Logar province, instructed AFP.

The indoors ministry verified the blast, which got here on the eve of a three-day ceasefire between the Taliban and Kabul.

"It was once a suicide vehicle bomb in a crowded location the place our humans had been buying for Eid al-Adha," Dedar Lawang, representative for Logar's governor, informed AFP.

The explosion passed off close to the governor's office, stated Jamshed Ahmad, a scholar at the web page of the blast.

The indoors ministry condemned the explosion.

"The terrorists have as soon as once more struck on the night time of Eid al-Adha and killed a range of our countrymen," indoors ministry representative Tariq Arian said.

Taliban representative Zabihullah Mujahid said the blast had "nothing to do" with the insurgents.

The extremist Islamic State group, which has claimed a string of high-profile assaults on civilians in current years, did no longer at once remark on Thursday's blast.

The Taliban and Afghan authorities have agreed on a three-day ceasefire beginning Friday, the first day of Eid.

The truce is slated’ to ultimate for the period of the festival, which marks the cease of hajj.

The ceasefire has raised hopes of a everlasting truce beforehand of much-awaited peace talks between the two foes.

The talks have been firstly scheduled’ for March; however have been delayed’ amid a contentious prisoner exchange.

The prisoner swap was once agreed’ in a deal between the Taliban and Washington signed in February however, which excluded Kabul.

The deal stipulated that Kabul launch 5,000 Taliban prisoners in return for 1,000 Afghan protection personnel held captive with the aid of the insurgents.

On Thursday, the Taliban introduced they had launched any other eighty-two authorities inmates, the final batch of prisoners they had pledged to free.

"The manner has been achieved correctly ... and a complete of 1,005 prisoners have been released," Taliban representative Suhail Shaheen stated on Twitter.

Afghan authorities have so some distance freed extra than 4,400 Taliban prisoners, with similarly releases predicted in the coming days.

On Tuesday, President Ashraf Ghani stated peace talks with the Taliban should commence as early as subsequent week, as soon as the trade is complete.

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