KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghan officials say a series of explosions in eastern Jalalabad, including one from a bombing outside a mosque, wounded five people.
The explosions began shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday, first targeting the house of the head of the Nangarhar provincial council.
Ahmad Ali Azrat, a provincial council member, says a councilman’s bodyguard was wounded. A second explosion nearby, minutes later, hurt one civilian.
Provincial police spokesman Mubariz Atal says a bomb planted outside a mosque in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, exploded soon after worshippers had finished their weekly Friday prayers.
All three explosive devises appeared to be remotely detonated.
No group claimed responsibility, but both the Daesh affiliate and the Taliban operate in the area.
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Explosions wound 5 in east Afghanistan
Explosions wound 5 in east Afghanistan
- The explosions began shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday, first targeting the house of the head of the Nangarhar provincial council
- A bomb planted outside a mosque in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, exploded soon after worshippers had finished their weekly Friday prayers
Four injured, including three children in Russian attack on Odesa, Ukraine says
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa region, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure and injuring four people, including three children, regional authorities said on Wednesday. Odesa, a major Black Sea port, has been repeatedly targeted by Russian missiles and drones during nearly four years of war, with strikes frequently hitting energy, transport and port infrastructure as well as residential areas.
“Strike drones attacked residential, logistics and energy infrastructure in our region,” Oleh Kiper, governor of the Odesa region, said on the Telegram messaging app.
In Odesa city, which is the administrative center of the broader Odesa region, four people were injured, including a seven-month-old infant, two other children, and a 42-year-old man, Serhiy Lisak, the head of Odesa’s military administration, said on Telegram.
He said that drone debris and direct hits damaged facades and windows of several high-rise apartment buildings.
Lisak posted images showing smoke billowing from a multi-story apartment building at night, with flames visible in several windows and what appears to be a firefighter’s water jet aimed at the facade.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attacks on Odesa.
“Strike drones attacked residential, logistics and energy infrastructure in our region,” Oleh Kiper, governor of the Odesa region, said on the Telegram messaging app.
In Odesa city, which is the administrative center of the broader Odesa region, four people were injured, including a seven-month-old infant, two other children, and a 42-year-old man, Serhiy Lisak, the head of Odesa’s military administration, said on Telegram.
He said that drone debris and direct hits damaged facades and windows of several high-rise apartment buildings.
Lisak posted images showing smoke billowing from a multi-story apartment building at night, with flames visible in several windows and what appears to be a firefighter’s water jet aimed at the facade.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate comment from Russia about the attacks on Odesa.
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