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JALALABAD
Explosion kills 22 in Afghanistan's Jalalabad - The Hindu
AP
Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack near a bank in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Saturday.
A suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad killed 33 people and injured more than 100 outside a bank where government workers collect salaries, the city's police chief said on Saturday.
Police were investigating whether there was a second explosion after people rushed to the scene to help, the police chief, Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, told a news conference.
"It was a suicide attack," Mr. Sherzad said, adding that police had yet to determine if the attacker had worn the explosives or had placed them in a car. "It is early to say what kind of suicide bomber."
The Taliban denied responsibility.
"It was an evil act. We strongly condemn it," the militant group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, told Reuters.
JALALABAD
Explosion kills 22 in Afghanistan's Jalalabad - The Hindu
AP
Security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack near a bank in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on Saturday.
A suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad killed 33 people and injured more than 100 outside a bank where government workers collect salaries, the city's police chief said on Saturday.
Police were investigating whether there was a second explosion after people rushed to the scene to help, the police chief, Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, told a news conference.
"It was a suicide attack," Mr. Sherzad said, adding that police had yet to determine if the attacker had worn the explosives or had placed them in a car. "It is early to say what kind of suicide bomber."
The Taliban denied responsibility.
"It was an evil act. We strongly condemn it," the militant group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, told Reuters.