Kabul hospital: cricket game explosion wounds 13

A grenade exploded on Friday during a cricket game in Kabul, wounding 13 spectators at the stadium, an emergency hospital in the Afghan capital said.The Italian-run Emergency Hospital in Kabul said that 12 of the wounded were hospitalized while one other patient was treated and discharged.

No one claimed responsibility for the explosion at the International Cricket Stadium in Kabul. The afternoon game was part of the domestic T20 Shpageza Cricket league games held every year. Cricket is a hugely popular sport in Afghanistan. The game was briefly halted due to the grenade explosion but later continued.