Bomber targets Afghan city centre

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A man has been killed trying to mount a suicide bomb attack on a police station in the centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, police say.

The attacker reportedly shot dead two police officers and injured four more in a gun battle near the station before being shot himself.

It is the first time such an attack has been mounted in Jalalabad, the largest city in eastern Afghanistan.

Militants fired rockets in the city on Tuesday, injuring 10 civilians.