New Delhi (NVI): At least 15 civilians were killed and 20 were injured in a blast inside of a house in Gelan district of Ghazni province in Afghanistan.
“At least 15 civilians were killed and 20 more were wounded in an explosion at a gathering in Gelan district, Ghazni province, this afternoon,” the Interior Ministry Affairs spokesman Tariq Arian said.
The explosives were loaded on a motorbike that was parked near a house in Agho Jan village in Gelan district where a group of people had gathered to attend a Quran recitation ceremony, according to TOLO News.
The explosion comes amidst a sharp increase in violence in the country despite efforts to end the decades of conflicts through a political solution.
However, no group has so far claimed responsibility for the blast.
-CHK
