Afghanistan suicide bomber kills at least 32, injures 120 - official

11 Sep, 2018 10:21 / Updated 6 years ago

A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed at least 32 people on Tuesday, a local official has said. More than 120 were injured in the blast.

The attacker reportedly injured some 128 people as he targeted a gathering in the eastern Nangarhar Province, according to the provincial governor's spokesman Attaullah Khogyani, Reuters reports.

The bomber reportedly attacked a rally on a highway between the city of Jalalabad, east Afghanistan, and a crossing into neighbouring Pakistan.

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It comes after separate reports this morning of a teenager being killed and four injured in a series of explosions in the Behsud district of the province. According to Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, a 14 year old was killed and four others were wounded in the blasts.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Taliban issued a statement denying involvement.

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