Afghan security personnel investigate a damaged vehicle after it was hit by a remote-controlled bomb on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Gul Agha Hashimi, the chief of criminal investigations with the Kabul police, says the explosion struck a minivan carrying seven staffers of the palace's media office on Tuesday morning. The blast killed two passengers and also wounded five people, including the driver. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says a suicide car bomber has killed at least 38 people in the country’s east.
Afghan security personnel investigate a damaged vehicle after it was hit by a remote-controlled bomb on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Gul Agha Hashimi, the chief of criminal investigations with the Kabul police, says the explosion struck a minivan carrying seven staffers of the palace’s media office on Tuesday morning. The blast killed two passengers and also wounded five people, including the driver. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Mohammad Reza Kharoti, an administration chief in the Urgun district of Paktika province, says the attack also wounded more than 40 others.
He says the bomber detonated his vehicle full of explosives near a mosque and a market on Tuesday. All the casualties are civilians.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
