Gunmen blasted their way into Save the Children’s office in Afghanistan’s restive east on Wednesday, witnesses and officials said, in an ongoing attack that has wounded at least 11 people. Nangarhar governor spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP the attack started at 9:10 am (0440 GMT) -- shortly after staff would have arrived at the office. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Jalalabad attack and no one from Save the Children’s office in Kabul was available to comment. The attack on Save the Children is the latest violence to strike a foreign aid group in war-torn Afghanistan. The last major attack in Jalalabad was on December 31 when an explosion at a funeral killed 18 mourners and wounded another 13.

Source: Hindustan Times January 24, 2018 06:22 UTC