3 civilians wounded in Jalalabad explosion

JALALALBAD (Pajhwok): Three people were wounded a result of a magnetic bomb blast in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, an official said.

Police spokesman Fareed Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News the bomb hit a police pick-up in limits of the 2nd police district of Jalalabad at around 8:00am.

Three civilians were injured in the morning explosion and evacuated to the main provincial hospital in Jalalabad.

Gulzada Sangar, spokesman for the Jalalabad Zonal Hospital, said a policeman was among the injured.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

sa/mud

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