Blast Kills 5, Injures 21 in Afghanistan

At least five people have lost their lives when a bomb exploded in a crowded bazaar in northern Afghanistan, in an attempt to kill the leader of a local council.

The bomb exploded on Friday in a busy market in the Khwaja Sabz Posh district in Faryab province, AFP reported the provincial police chief, Abdul Khalil Andarabi, as saying.

The bomb attack has also left 21 other people injured.

Violence has recently spread from Afghanistan's south to other areas, including northern and western areas despite the presence of some 150,000 foreign troops in the country.

Furthermore, hundreds of civilians have lost their lives in the US-led airstrikes and ground operations in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, causing Afghans to become increasingly outraged over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults.