Eight people injured as blast rocks bazaar in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people, all civilians, were injured as a blast hit a bazaar in Jamal Agha district in the eastern Afghan province of Kapisa on Saturday, an official said on the condition of anonymity.

"The terrorists placed explosive device in a bicycle and detonated it in the bazaar of Jamal Agha district at around 9 a.m. local time, injuring eight innocent civilians including some children," the official told Xinhua.

Some of the injured were in critical conditions, the official added.

Meantime, Farhat, a local news agency quoted a police official Ayub Yusufzai as saying that only three civilians sustained injuries in the blast.