(MENAFN) Provincial government spokesman declared that two civilians have died as another two police officers were injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar overnight.
Spokesman Daud Ahmadi added: "The blast occurred roughly at 08:30 p.m. local time Tuesday in Spin Boldak district when a sticky bomb attached to a vehicle was detonated at a police checkpoint, killing two civilians aboard the vehicle and injuring two civilians and two police officers of the checkpoint,".
The wounded were taken to the district hospital.
The security statues have been stepped up in Kandahar, the previous stronghold of Taliban, in the past few months, while security forces have carried out search and cordon missions through the province.
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