Blast Kills 3 Policemen, Wounds 5 in North Afghanistan

"Unfortunately a sticky bomb placed in a motorbike targeted a convoy of counter-narcotics police in Faizabad city at 11 a.m. local time today and based on preliminary information three police personnel were martyred and five others injured," Qani said in a statement, Xinhua reported.

An investigation has been initiated into the incident, the statement further said.

Earlier, some locals on condition of anonymity claimed that three people were killed and seven others sustained injury in the blast.

No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the blast.