Kabul, November 20: Amid the worsening security situation in Afghanistan, a bomber has killed six people and wounded over three dozens more in the country’s troubled southwest.
The bomber on a motorcycle detonated his explosives in a crowded area in Farah City on Friday.
The death toll is expected to rise as some of the 39 injured were said to be in critical condition.
Police sources in Farah Province said the target of the attack was not immediately clear.
The province has seen a rise in militant attacks this year. The militants have spread to the west and north from their traditional bases in the south and east.
The lethal bombing comes as Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan’s president for a second term.
Although nearly 110,000 foreign troops are currently fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan, there has been no sign of stability in the war-torn country.
Thousands of civilians have lost their lives in Afghanistan since the 2001 US-led invasion.
—–Agencies