12 killed in blasts across Afghanistan

Kabul, Jan 31 : At least 12 people were killed in blasts across Afghanistan, officials have confirmed.
In a deadly car bomb which hit a military base in Shirzad district, Nangarhar province on Saturday morning, eight soldiers were killed, the provincial government confirmed in a statement.
The Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement sent to media hours after the blast, Xinhua news agency.
The armed group’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said “50 security personnel were killed and injured in a suicide vehicle bomb” that targeted a military base.
But his claims of the casualties are yet to be verified.
Later, a magnetic bomb struck a police van in Kabul’s Pol-e-Company area in Police District 5, injuring one civilian, police said.