There was no immedi­ate claim of respon­sibili­ty for the attack­KABUL: Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a construction company office in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday killing 16 employees of the Afghan company, a provincial official said. The attack began when two suicide bombers set off their explosives outside the company office and gunmen then opened fire, said Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesperson for the governor of Nangarhar province. As well as the 16 dead at the company, including several of its guards, five attackers were killed – the two bombers and three gunmen, he said. Afghanistan blast kills election candidate in southern provinceThere was no immediate claim of responsibility. Sohrab Qaderi, a provincial council member in Nangarhar said four employees of the company were taken to hospital and were in critical condition.

Source: The Express Tribune March 06, 2019 06:22 UTC