JALALABAD, Jan 10 (NNN-ANA) – An explosion rocked outside a school, in Lal Pur district, in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar today, killing four students and injuring 10 others, a district official said.
“So far, we have no more details, but we will try to get more information,” the official added.
Meanwhile, Nadir Muhmand, chairman of a district youth council, said that, the incident occurred at midday, when an improvised bomb, attached to a handcart was detonated outside Warsak School. More than a dozen students were affected.
Eyewitness, Muhmand said, the affected people were transported to a hospital in the district.
The Taliban security forces cordoned off the area for precautionary measures.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack, so far.
Militants affiliated with the Daesh group, have claimed responsibility for a number of bomb attacks in Nangarhar in recent months.– NNN-ANA
