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Afghan bomber 'kills 12 police recruits' in Jalalabad Afghan bomber 'kills 12 police recruits' near Jalalabad
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At least 12 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a suicide bomber targeting police recruits in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, officials say. At least 12 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a bomb targeting police recruits in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
The bomber reportedly targeted a bus carrying students from the police academy. The blast happened in the Sorkhrot district of Nangarhar province.
Unconfirmed reports said the attacker had used a rickshaw to conceal the explosives. The recruits were travelling to the capital Kabul when the bus was hit by a remote-control device in a motorbike, a local official told the BBC.
Taliban militants have previously targeted police and government officials in Jalalabad. Other reports suggested a suicide bomber had rammed the bus on the motorbike.
The city is the capital of Nangarhar province, where two districts are controlled, or at least influenced, by the so-called Islamic State. Taliban militants have previously targeted officials in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar.
Ahsanullah Shinwari, head of the Jalalabad hospital, told the Associated Press that 12 bodies had been brought to the hospital.
He said another 38 people were wounded, most of them in critical condition.
No group has yet claimed responsibility. Suicide attacks regularly take place in Jalalabad, as a number of anti-government insurgent groups are based in the province.
Two districts in the Nangarhar province are controlled, or at least influenced, by the so-called Islamic State (IS).