JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A suicide bomber on foot targeted a police vehicle in this capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, killing at least nine people, including two children, officials said.
The attacker set off his explosives as an Afghan local police (ALP) vehicle was passing through a residential area in Jalalabad at about 4:15pm, the governor’s spokesman.
Attaullah Khogyani said 12 other people were injured, including three children, in the blast that targeted an ALP team leader, Zalmay, who was among the dead. Zalmay was ALP team leader for Chaparhar district.
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