Afghanistan, Oct. 16 -- A car bomb explosion left at least 2 dead and many others wounded in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Interior confirmed that the militants detonated a car bomb close to police headquarters of Alisheng district earlier today, killing 2 policemen and wounding 6 others.

However, the local officials said the explosion killed 2 policemen and wounded at least 26 others including 20 civilians.

The Taliban group claimed responsibility for the attack claiming that the explosion killed or wounded dozens of security personnel.

Laghman is among the relatively calm provinces in the East but the Taliban militants are active in some of its districts and often attempt to carry out attacks against the g...