Blast near Save the Children aid group office in Afghanistan, official says
JALALABAD - Attackers set off a car bomb near the office of the Save the Children aid agency in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and then clashed with security forces, a provincial government spokesman said.
"There was a blast and the target was Save the Children," said the spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani. A clash was going on after the blast, he said.
Khogyani had no word on casualties but the director of the provincial health department said 11 wounded people had been taken to hospital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
