"The Afghan security forces have cordoned off the area and... launched an operation to gun down the attackers," Khogyani said earlier. "We don't know why the midwife centre came under attack," Miakhil told AFP, adding all NGOs and government bodies in Jalalabad were at risk. A witness in a nearby department told AFP he heard several explosions and then saw three gunmen enter the street where the midwife centre is located. Some of the security forces earlier appeared to dismantle improvised explosive devices apparently planted in the street by the militants, a witness told AFP. An unprecedented three-day ceasefire involving Afghan security forces and the Taliban last month did not include IS.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 28, 2018 13:41 UTC