Save the Children offices in Afghanistan hit by attack

Source: BBC

Attackers have detonated explosives before storming the offices of the Save the Children charity in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.

At least two people have been killed and 12 injured, officials say. It is believed about 50 staff were in the building at the time.

At least three gunmen are involved in the attack, reports say, with fighting continuing on the upper floor.
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Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan, is often targeted by Taliban militants but it is also a stronghold for the Islamic State group, whose fighters have been active there since 2015.




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