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Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Sep 18 (AFP): At least two people were killed and up to 20 more wounded in three explosions in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, a Taliban official said.
\n“So far we have reports of two killed and up to 20 wounded,” said the Taliban official, who asked not to be named, and said that a patrol vehicle was targeted.<\/p>\n
“Women and children were among the injured,” he said.<\/p>\n
An investigation was underway to establish the extent of the damage and the cause of the explosions, he added.<\/p>\n
The attacks are the first deadly blasts since the American withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
An official from the health department of Nangarhar Province told AFP that three people were killed and 18 were wounded.<\/p>\n
Several local media reported the attacks left at least two dead and 19 injured.<\/p>\n
Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar, the heartland of Afghanistan’s Islamic State group, which claimed responsibility for a bloody attack that killed more than 100 people at Kabul airport at the end of August.<\/p>\n
The Taliban returned to power in mid-August after toppling the former government, and they have promised to restore peace and security to the country.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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