JALALABAD: Two people were killed while another 19 sustained injuries in three explosions in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, a health official and local media reported.
According to details, the attacks, which targeted Taliban vehicles, are the first deadly blasts since the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. No one has yet taken the responsibility for the Jalalabad attack.
International news agency AFP, while quoting a health official, reportd that three people were killed and 18 were wounded, while several local media reported the attacks left at least two dead.
Pictures taken at the site of the blast showed a green pick-up truck with a white Taliban flag surrounded by debris as armed fighters looked on. An investigation was underway to establish the extent of the damage, a Taliban official informed.
Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar, the heartland of Afghanistan’s militant Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for a bloody attack that killed more than 100 people at Kabul airport at the end of August.
The Afghan Taliban returned to power in mid-August after toppling the former government, and they have promised to restore peace and security to the country.
