SULAIMANI (ESTA) — At least 30 members of Afghan security forces were killed in a car bombing in Afghanistan’s central province of Ghazni on Sunday, according to officials.
Director of the provincial hospital in Ghazni Baz Mohammad Hemat said 30 bodies and 24 injured people had been transported there, Reuters reported.
“All of the victims are security personnel,” Reuters quoted Hemat as saying.
The blast targeted a compound of the public protection force, a wing of the Afghan security forces, Reuters cited local officials as saying.
It damaged civilian residences around the compound, and there could be more casualties from there, they added.
AFP cited interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian as saying a suicide bomber had detonated a vehicle full of explosives.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid did not confirm or deny responsibilities, according to Reuters.
Violence in the country, at war for two decades, remains unacceptably high, foreign governments and institutions say, calling for an immediate ceasefire between the Afghan government and Taliban.
Another bombing on Sunday, in the eastern province of Zabul, targeting a top provincial official, killed at least one person and injured 23, Reuters cited spokesman for the province’s governor Gul Islam Syaal as saying.
Head of the provincial council of Zabul Haji Ata Jan Haqbayan suffered minor injuries in the attack on his convoy, the agency said.
Sunday’s blasts marked the latest big attack in Afghanistan, where violence has surged since the start of peace talks on September 12 in Doha.
Brutal attacks have killed more than 50 people in Kabul in recent weeks, including two assaults on educational centers and a rocket attack.
