Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 27

27 people were killed and 60 others injured in a car bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province on Friday.

Iran PressAsia: A huge blast in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province killed at least 27 people on Friday, a senior official said.

The car bomb in the provincial capital of Pul-e Alam also injured 60 people, the head of Logar's provincial council, Hasibullah Stanekzai, said, according to Reuters.

A ministry of interior official and a spokesman for Logar's governor confirmed the blast but did not comment on the number of casualties.

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