At least 29 dead as car bomb hits bank in southern Afghanistan
LASHKAR GAH: At least 29 people were killed on Thursday when a powerful car bomb struck a bank in Afghanistan's Lashkar Gah city as people were queueing to withdraw salaries, the latest bloody attack during the holy month of Ramadan.
Sixty wounded people were rushed to hospital after the bombing at New Kabul Bank which upturned vehicles, left the area littered with charred debris, and sent a plume of smoke into the sky.
No group has claimed responsibility for the brazen attack, but it comes as the Taliban ramp up their…