PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 people were wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan on Monday, local police said.
"A sticky mine attached to a van went off at mid-day in provincial capital Pul-e-Khumri city, leaving 13 civilians wounded," provincial police spokesman Zabiullah Shuja told Xinhua.
The wounded were shifted to nearby hospitals and among those injured were three people aboard the targeted van belonging to a local bank, according to local residents.
No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the incident.
The Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of armed conflicts as more than 2,640 civilians were killed and over 5,370 others injured in conflict-related incidents in the first nine months of the year, according to figures released by the UN mission in the country.
The mission has attributed 64 percent of the civilian casualties to the Taliban and other insurgent groups, 20 percent to security forces while 11 percent were blamed on both sides during clashes and the rest 5 percent were caused by other reasons over the period.
