One killed as gunmen storm NGO’s office in Jalalabad after explosionJALALABAD: Gunmen stormed the office of Save the Children in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad after an explosion on Wednesday morning, killing at least one person, officials said. Hours later, with fighting at the scene still underway, the aid agency said it had suspended all of its operations in Afghanistan. “We remain committed to resuming our operations and lifesaving work as soon as possible,” Save the Children said in a statement. After an attack last February, the Red Cross briefly suspended its operations nationwide, as Save the Children did on Wednesday. Officials said that the Jalalabad office of Save the Children, which works on health and education issues, shares a wall with another aid organisation, Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, and that the Swedish group’s staff had been evacuated.

Source: Pakistan Today January 24, 2018 17:15 UTC