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At least seven killed in blast on vehicle in Balkh Afghanistan

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Afghan security forces inspect the wreckage of a passenger van after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan.— Reuters/File
Afghan security forces inspect the wreckage of a passenger van after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan.— Reuters/File

KABUL: At least seven people were killed on Tuesday when a blast hit a vehicle carrying oil workers in northern Afghanistan, police said.

“Today at around 7 am a blast took place in … Balkh on a bus which belonged to Hairatan oil employees,” said Mohammad Asif Wazeri, police spokesman for northern province of Balkh, adding that at least four people were wounded.

The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

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Balkh province is home to one of Afghanistan’s main dry ports in the town of Hairatan, near the border with Uzbekistan, which has rail and road links to Central Asia.

It was not clear who the employees on the bus worked for.

This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.

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