3 killed, 7 injured as blast hits Afghanistan's Khost city

STORY: 3 killed, 7 injured as blast hits Afghanistan's Khost city DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: KHOST, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY/OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site of a blast in Khost, Afghanistan 2. various of Afghan security force members standing guard near the site of a blast STORYLINE: At least three people were killed and seven others injured as a blast shocked Khost city of east Afghanistan's Khost Province on Monday, according to a statement of the provincial government. Security personnel have cordoned off the blast area, and further investigations are underway to determine the related facts, the statement said. It said the blast occurred inside a hotel in the provincial capital at around 11 a.m. local time when some refugees back from Pakistan's Waziristan region and Khost residents were present. The injured persons were taken to the hospital, it added. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Khost, Afghanistan. (XHTV)

PAKISTAN-NORTH WAZIRISTAN-ATTACK-FUNERAL

PAKISTAN-NORTH WAZIRISTAN-ATTACK-FUNERAL

(220628) -- NORTH WAZIRISTAN (PAKISTAN), June 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People offer funeral prayers for policemen killed in an attack in North Waziristan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on June 28, 2022. Two policemen and a polio worker were killed in an attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, police sources said. A polio team escorted by police was administering polio vaccines to children in North Waziristan district when they came under attack, the sources told Xinhua. (Pakistan's Police Department/Handout via Xinhua)

PAKISTAN-NORTH WAZIRISTAN-ATTACK-FUNERAL

PAKISTAN-NORTH WAZIRISTAN-ATTACK-FUNERAL

(220628) -- NORTH WAZIRISTAN (PAKISTAN), June 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People attend a funeral of policemen killed in an attack in North Waziristan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on June 28, 2022. Two policemen and a polio worker were killed in an attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, police sources said. A polio team escorted by police was administering polio vaccines to children in North Waziristan district when they came under attack, the sources told Xinhua. (Pakistan's Police Department/Handout via Xinhua)

PAKISTAN-NORTH WAZIRISTAN-ATTACK-FUNERAL

PAKISTAN-NORTH WAZIRISTAN-ATTACK-FUNERAL

(220628) -- NORTH WAZIRISTAN (PAKISTAN), June 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People attend a funeral of policemen killed in an attack in North Waziristan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, on June 28, 2022. Two policemen and a polio worker were killed in an attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, police sources said. A polio team escorted by police was administering polio vaccines to children in North Waziristan district when they came under attack, the sources told Xinhua. (Pakistan's Police Department/Handout via Xinhua)