But Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid said in a tweet Wednesday that the militant group was not responsible for the Jalalabad attack. Afghanistan wants world powers to ramp up pressure on Pakistan: US envoy“We are devastated at the news that our Save the Children office in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan came under attack this morning,” a Save the Children spokesperson said in a statement, withholding further details while the attack was ongoing. The UN’s mission in Afghanistan tweeted that it was looking into reports of the attack. The assault on Save the Children, which has operated in Afghanistan since 1976, is the latest violence to strike a foreign aid group in the country. The last major attack in Jalalabad was on December 31 when an explosion at a funeral killed 18 mourners and wounded another 13.

Source: The Express Tribune January 24, 2018 06:04 UTC