Terror strikes Afghanistan again: 11 killed in suicide blast

A bomb blast rocked Jalababad city in Afghanistan on Sunday in which at least 11 people were killed and another 15 injured.

The attack took place near the home of a prominent politician Obaidullah Shinwari, a member of Nangarhar’s provincial council.

Ataullah Khyogani, spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial government, said that the attacker detonated his explosives around 10:30 am at the residential compound of Obaidullah Shinwari.

On January 13, Afghan security forces exchanged fire with gunmen barricaded in a house near the Pakistan consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad after a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing as many as seven people and wounding two, officials said.

The latest in a series of suicide attacks in Afghanistan comes amid renewed efforts to restart peace talks with the Taliban and ease diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan.

Photograph: Reuters