JALALABAD (SW) – At least one soldier was killed and two others were injured following a car bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the Chamtala area of the Khogyani district in Nangarhar province on Sunday.
Expressing fears about rise in the death toll, the provincial governor’s office said the attack also caused financial losses to the people of the surrounding areas.
The blast was so loud that it could be heard in parts of Jalalabad city, locals said.
Meanwhile, Farid Khan, a spokesman for the Nangarhar police chief, said a roadside bomb exploded on a police patrol vehicle in Jalalabad at around 9am. He said two policemen and three civilians were injured in the blast.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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