Truck bomb in eastern Afghan province kills at least 15: Officials
Obaidullah Shinwari, the Nangarhar provincial council's member, said 52 people were injured in the blast. Attackers set off a truck bomb in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, according to provincial officials, as violence continues in the war-torn nation despite peace talks taking place in Qatar. Attaullah Khugyani, a spokesman for the provincial government, said the number of casualties, most of whom were civilians, could rise and that dozens of people were also injured by the blast in Ghani Khel district. Obaidullah Shinwari, the Nangarhar provincial council's member, said 52 people were injured in the blast. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. RELATED NEWS Relying on testing to ward off COVID-19 put Trump White House at risk US job growth slows; nearly 4 million Americans permanently unemployed Ministry of Interior spokesman Tariq Arian blamed the insurgent Taliban for the attack,