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at least 15 other people have died in a bomb and gun assault in the japanese Afghan city of Jalalabad, an reliable says.
Gunmen stormed a central authority building after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the front gate.
Afghan safety forces had ended the attack and killed two of the gunmen however so much of the building was destroyed, a government spokesman stated.
No militant staff has yet said it’s at the back of the assault, despite the fact that the Taliban issued a statement denying involvement.
The Islamic State (IS) team has claimed expanding numbers of attacks on civilian goals, amid calls for peace talks between the government and the Taliban.
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Provincial executive spokesman Attaullah Khogyani stated that at least 15 other people were killed and 15 wounded.
He mentioned the assault on a building used by the dep. of refugee affairs had came about right through a meeting among officials and non-government organisations.
The head of the department and a number of other other people have been taken to protection, he added.
Also on Tuesday, ELEVEN folks have been killed within the western province of Farah while a bus was once hit via a roadside bomb in what used to be believed to be a Taliban attack, officers said.
And 22 folks have been abducted by unknown assailants from vehicles on a freeway linking Kabul and Gardez, a city within the eastern province of Paktia.
