9 wounded as blast rocks Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city

JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN: Nine people have been confirmed wounded as a blast rocked a currency exchange market in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday, local TV channel the Tolonews reported.

Quoting an anonymous source, the private media outlet reported that nine injured people had been taken to the hospital for medical treatment.

Security officials have yet to make a comment on the attack.

This is the second blast in Afghanistan since early Tuesday.

In the previous blast, which struck a bus carrying government employees in the northern Mazar-i-Sharif city in the morning rush hour on Tuesday, seven people were killed and six others wounded, the police said.

-Xinhua