EIGHT PERSONS, ALL MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY, LOST THEIR LIVES TO A BLAST THAT OCCURRED IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN.
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE TALIBAN DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF BALA BOLUK, FIDA MOHAMMAD SAAD, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE VILLAGE OF NAWABAD, WHERE A STOCKPILE OF EXPLOSIVES DETONATED INSIDE THE HOME OF A MAN IDENTIFIED AS JAN MOHAMMAD.
THE BLAST KILLED MOHAMMAD, HIS WIFE AND FIVE CHILDREN AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN THE EXPLOSION DIED WHILE BEING TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL.
AUTHORITIES HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.
