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Truck bomb in eastern Afghan city kills 5, injures 14

Thursday, 14 May 2020 10:12

At least five people have been killed and 14 more wounded after Taliban militants launched an attack in the eastern Afghan city of Gardez on Thursday.

According to reports, a truck packed with explosives blew up near a military court.

"Dozens of civilians are feared to be dead and wounded," said an interior ministry spokesman.

It comes just two days after attacks on a hospital and a funeral left at least 56 people dead, with President Ashraf Ghani ordering the military to switch to offensive mode.

This poses a huge blow to the peace process that's currently underway in the war-ravaged nation.

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