No Casualties Left After Grenade Explosion in Northern Afghanistan

A grenade in Balkh province, in northern Afghanistan, thrown out of a car due to the carelessness of the driver reportedly belonging to the Taliban’s 209th Al-Fath Corps, exploded leaving no casualties, said local Taliban officials.

The hand bomb explosion, which occurred on Sunday at around 7:40 p.m. in Mazar-e-Sharif’s police district 4, occurred near Darwaza-e-Balkh according to the Taliban security officials.

According to the Taliban’s Balkh province police chief, the explosion was triggered by a grenade that exploded in an open area without injuring anyone.

The Taliban official Mohammad Asif Waziri, the chief of police for the Taliban police in Balkh, said that the hand grenade was thrown out of a car, and he blamed the driver’s carelessness for the explosion.

According to the Taliban security official, two people in connection with the grenade explosion have been taken into police custody for further investigations.

The perpetrators of this incident, according to reports, were Taliban members working with the 209th al-Fath Corps who were detained by security officers from Mazar-e-Sharif’s police district 4.

Earlier last week, a grenade belonging to the Taliban members in the northern Afghan province “accidentally” exploded killing one person and injuring 4 others including women and children.

The Taliban members were reportedly riding a motorcycle when the grenade pin mistakenly came out, leading them to throw the grenade, which resulted in fatality and injuries.

This occurs at a time when the people of Afghanistan are battling with and dying as a result of natural disasters, including earthquakes and flash floods brought on by severe rains, as well as increased crime rates, traffic accidents, and, to top it all off, the negligence of Taliban members.

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