By Scott Newman, NPR
Gunmen set off explosives before opening fire on a provincial office of the aid group Save the Children in Afghanistan, killing at least two people and wounding more than a dozen others, local officials say.
#AFG Jalalabad fire brigade in the area and are trying to put down the fire, Ningarhar police sources. Video shared with me. pic.twitter.com/W7GFrZwGgE
— BILAL SARWARY (@bsarwary) January 24, 2018
At least 14 people were hurt in the attack Wednesday in Jalalabad and had been evacuated to the Nangarhar regional hospital; however, the number of casualties could rise as the gun battle with assailants continued, hospital spokesman Inamullah Miakhial said.
Afghanistan’s Tolo news service, monitored by Al-Jazeera, said an initial blast in the attack was caused by a suicide car bomber.
The BBC quotes local journalist Bilal Sarwary as saying police told him that Afghan commandos were trying to flush out the attackers, who were on upper floors of the building armed with heavy machine guns, grenades and rocket-propelled grenades.
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