Near the office of a local news agency and socio-cultural center, a suicide bomber launched an explosive device. As reported by the Afghan media, as a result of the explosion, at least 40 people became victims.

At the same time about 30 others were injured. According to journalists, an explosion broke out around 10 am in the morning, local time. According to preliminary information, the target of the attackers was the news agency Afghan Voice Agency. Among the dead three journalists.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in Afghanistan on the night of Thursday, December 28, an explosion. In the city of Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province in the south of the country, a suicide bomber blew up near the military unit. As a result of the incident, 15 people were injured.