- Title: Suicide bomber, gunmen attack government building in eastern Afghanistan
- Date: 18th September 2019
- Summary: JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN (SEPTEMBER 18, 2019) (REUTERS) AFGHAN POLICEMAN STANDING GUARD/ HUMVEES PARKED NEAR ATTACK SITE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCE'S HUMVEE VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL WITH THEIR HUMVEES AT THE SITE OF ATTACK
- Embargoed: 2nd October 2019 12:36
- Keywords: attack Jalabad election gunmen
- Location: JALALABAD,AFGHANISTAN
- City: JALALABAD,AFGHANISTAN
- Country: Afghanistan
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Insurgencies
- Reuters ID: LVA001AX6NIO7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Gunmen and at least one suicide bomber attacked a government building in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday (September 18) wounding nine people including a child and a woman, officials said.
Attackers detonated explosives outside the building, used for the distribution of electronic identity cards, in the city of Jalalabad in eastern Nangarhar province, said the provincial governor's spokesman and a provincial council member.
Gunmen then poured into the building and fighting is ongoing, they said.
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