Blasts hit crowd marking farmers’ day in Afghanistan

By Shadi Khan Saif

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – Multiple blasts ripped through a crowd of civilians and security officials in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province during spring festival on Saturday.

Spokesman for the provincial governor, Umer Zwak, told Anadolu Agency the blasts rocked the Farmers' Day celebrations in connection with spring festivities in provincial capital, Lashkargah.

The local Shamshad News reported the provincial governor, deputy governor, deputy head of the spy agency and several other officials were among those wounded in the explosions in Lashkargah.

This is a developing story.