Dozens Killed in Explosion Outside Afghan Bank
A suicide bomber targeted Afghan security personnel trying to collect their salaries before a major Muslim holiday.
by Aria Bendix
Jun 22, 2017
2 minutes
At least 34 are dead and 58 wounded in a Thursday car bomb attack outside a bank in Helmand, a southern province in Afghanistan. The explosion, carried out by a lone suicide bomber, targeted Afghan security personnel who were waiting to collect their salaries ahead of Eid-al-Fitr, or the “festival
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