Truck bomb kills 5 in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan health officials say a bomb hidden in a fuel truck killed at least five people in a central province just north of Kabul.

Kabir Ahmad, the district chief of Parwan province’s Bagram district, said early today that scores of people had gathered around the fuel truck to collect fuel that was leaking. He said as the people gathered, a bomb inside the truck went off about 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Parwan provincial hospital chief Khalil Farhangi said at least three people were killed on the scene.

Kabir Amiri, who oversees all of Kabul’s hospitals, said 47 people were wounded and two subsequently died, raising the death toll to five.