An Afghan police officer keeps watch near the site of a suicide car bomb blast in Kandahar, Afghanistan July 18, 2019 ReutersSix police officers were also woundedAt least two police officers were killed and about 20 children wounded when a truck bomb detonated near a police station in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. "The students were wounded by flying glass," he said, noting that "about 20" students were hurt. Six police officers were also wounded. 2 police killed, 20 children wounded in Afghan blast https://t.co/V24ELTHD2d pic.twitter.com/JBatkG245n — TheMalaysianInsight (@msianinsight) October 16, 2019The interior ministry confirmed the toll and blamed the attack on the Taliban. Polling was marred by several small-scale attacks claimed by the Taliban, who worked to disrupt the democratic process.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 16, 2019 05:37 UTC