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| Afghan bomber 'kills 12 police recruits' near 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 bomb targeting police recruits in 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 blast happened in the Sorkhrot district of Nangarhar province. | The blast happened in the Sorkhrot district of Nangarhar province. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Other reports suggested a suicide bomber had rammed the bus on the motorbike. | Other reports suggested a suicide bomber had rammed the bus on the motorbike. |
| A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the Islamist group had carried out the attack, according to the Reuters news agency. | |
| Taliban militants have previously targeted officials in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Hours earlier, a bomb hit a minibus carrying Education Ministry workers in eastern Kabul, killing two people and wounding seven, a defence ministry spokesman told Reuters. | |
| Two districts in the Nangarhar province are controlled, or at least influenced, by the so-called Islamic State (IS). | Two districts in the Nangarhar province are controlled, or at least influenced, by the so-called Islamic State (IS). |