Blast kills 30 people in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province

Nargiz Ogtay
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A massive blast in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province killed about 30 people on Friday, a senior official said.

The car bomb in the provincial capital of Pul-e Alam also injured 60 people, the head of Logar's regional council, Hasibullah Stanekzai, said.

A ministry of interior official and a spokesman for Logar's governor confirmed the blast but did not comment on the number of casualties.

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