UPDATE: Suicide bomb attack in eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad kills at least four people - official
Afghan security forces gather at the site a day after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.
An Afghan official says militants set off a suicide blast and stormed a construction company near the main airport in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least four people. The province’s police chief, Gen. Ghulam Sanayee Stanikzai, says five people were also wounded when the bomber, who was on foot, detonated his explosives at the gate of the company on Wednesday morning.
Stanikzai says several other attackers then stormed inside the company where a gun battle is under way now. He says the casualty toll could rise further.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. But both the Taliban and other militant groups are active in eastern Afghanistan, especially in Nangarhar province.
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