KABUL - Six people died and 12 others were injured due to an explosion inside a coal mine in northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province on Tuesday, provincial director for coal mine Mawlawi Abdullah said.

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According to the official, the blast took place in the Karkar coal mine at 3:30 pm local time, killing six miners on the spot and injuring 12 others.

All the injured have been shifted to the hospital, the official added without providing more details.