KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say a car bomb has blown up outside a hospital in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people.
Din Mohammad Darwesh, a spokesman for the Logar province governor, says the attack took place Saturday in the Azra district of the province.
Darwesh says at least 43 people were wounded in the blast, including the hospital’s patients, visitors, and staff.
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