PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least one policeman was killed and two others were injured as a blast rocked Pul-e-Khumri city, the capital of northern Baghlan province on Saturday, provincial police spokesman Ahmad Jawed Basharat said.
The blast took place at around 10:00 a.m. local time in Karkar area, a village in the Police District 2 of Pul-e-Khumri city, killing one police officer on the spot and injuring two others, the official said.
Basharat blamed the Taliban group for organizing the blast, saying the Taliban militants wanted to terrorize the people by organizing terrorist attacks.
Taliban outfit has yet to make comments. A similar blast has left two policemen dead and another injured in Kabul city on the same day. Enditem