- Title: Blast hits polling station in Afghan city of Kandahar
- Date: 28th September 2019
- Summary: KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (SEPTEMBER 28, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WOUNDED PEOPLE LYING ON HOSPITAL BEDS (SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) VICTIM RELATIVE, FAIZ MOHAMMAD, SAYING: "He is my cousin and went to vote in the election at a mosque when suddenly the blast occurred. As a result, he got injured." MAN SITTING BESIDE HIS WOUNDED RELATIVE HAND AND IV DRIP MORE OF WOUNDED PEOPLE LYING ON HOSPITAL BEDS VARIOUS OF AFGHAN POLICE AT BLAST SITE
- Embargoed: 12th October 2019 12:03
- Keywords: presidential election security Ashraf Ghani Abdullah Abdullah Taliban
- Location: KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
- City: KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
- Country: Afghanistan
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Insurgencies,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AYKLMBR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Wounded Afghan voters were being treated at a hospital in Kandahar on Saturday (September 28) after an explosion occurred near a polling station.
The blast happened just an hour after voters began queuing to cast their vote to elect a new president.
A senior provincial government official said 14 people were injured in the blast and were transferred to hospital for treatments.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the blast.
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