A suicide car bombing on Sunday killed at least 12 peopleand wounded more than 100 others in Afghanistan's western Ghor province,officials said.The head of a hospital in Ghor, Mohammad Omer Lalzad, saidemergency staff were treating dozens of people with both serious and lightinjuries from the bombing. He expected the death toll to rise.Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Aran said the car bombingstruck near the entrance of the provincial police chief's office and othernearby government buildings in the area.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack inGhor, which comes amid an uptick in attacks by the Taliban as representativesof the group and Afghan government officials hold their first-ever face-to-facetalks in Qatar, where the Taliban have had a political office for many years.The negotiations are meant to end the country's decades-long war.On Friday, the Taliban agreed to suspend attacks in southernAfghanistan that had displaced thousands of residents in recent days. It cameafter the US vowed to halt all strikes and night raids in keeping with thepeace agreement the US signed with the Taliban in February.
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