December 14, 2024 09:04 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Pushpa 2 stampede: Allu Arjun walks out of jail, actor's lawyer slams delay in release | Donald Trump intends to end 'inconvenient' and 'very costly' Daylight Saving Time | Suchir Balaji: Indian-origin former OpenAI researcher found dead at US apartment | Bengaluru techie suicide: Karnataka Police issues summons to wife Nikita, her family members | French President Macron appoints centrist leader Francois Bayrou as new Prime Minister | Congress always prioritised personal interest over Constitution: Rajnath Singh | Jaishankar calls attack on Hindus in Bangladesh 'a source of concern' | Allu Arjun arrested over woman's death in stampede during Pushpa 2 premiere show | RBI receives bomb threat in Russian language, case filed | UP teenager kills mother, lives with body for 5 days

Explosion rocks Save The Children office in Afghanistan, 11 injured

| @indiablooms | Jan 24, 2018, at 07:13 pm

Kabul, Jan 24 (IBNS) : A huge  explosion  struck outside the office of international aid group Save the Children in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Wednesday, media reports said.

At least 11 people were reportedly  wounded in the blast that was caused by a car bomber outside the headquarters of the NGO.

According to Aljazeera, clashes between security forces and armed attackers are ongoing.

A number of people are believed to be trapped inside the building, Tolo news said.

Al Jazeera said two attackers are thought to have entered the NGO's office, adding that special forces and ambulances have arrived on the scene.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
Xi Jinping, Putin in Russia Mar 22, 2023, at 08:26 pm