Ghazni Attack: ’31 Killed, 24 Wounded

At least 31 people, mostly security forces, were killed in a suicide attack in Ghazni province on Sunday, local health officials stated.

A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives close to a public protection unit in Ghazni on Sunday morning, said the spokesman for provincial governor Wahidullah Jumazada.

The incident occurred in PD3 of Ghazni, Jumazada, said.

Zahirshah Nikmal, head of the local public health department, said the death toll of the attack on the public protection unit has risen to 31, with 24 wounded, and the victims are mostly military personnel.

A security source said the bomber detonated “a Humvee vehicle which was full of explosives.”

Army commandos were also based at the compound, according to the security sources.

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.