In pictures: Attack on Save the Children aid group office in Afghanistan

World Wednesday 24/January/2018 12:31 PM
By: Times News Service
In pictures: Attack on Save the Children aid group office in Afghanistan

Militants stormed an office of the Save the Children aid agency in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and battled security forces who surrounded the building, wounding at least 11 people, officials said.
The attack began with a suicide car bomb outside the office, followed by gunmen entering the compound and battling Afghan special forces, a spokesman for the government in the eastern province said.
The director of the provincial health department said 11 wounded people had been taken to hospital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Taliban, seeking to reimpose strict rule after their 2001 ouster, issued a statement denying involvement.