JALALABAD, June 22, 2016 (Xinhua) -- People gather at a blast site in Behsoud district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2016. Two people including a child were killed as a bomb planted by militants went off in Behsoud district on Wednesday, spokesman for provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said. (Xinhua/Rahman Safi)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, June 22 (Xinhua) -- Two people including a child were killed as a bomb planted by militants went off in Behsoud district of the eastern Nangarhar province in Afghanistan on Wednesday, spokesman for provincial government Attaullah Khogiani said.
"A bomb planted by militants next to a road in Behsoud district exploded at around 01:00 p.m. local time today killing an innocent child and a policeman," Khogiani told Xinhua.
A car at nearby was also damaged due to the blast, the official added, without giving more details.
No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the blast.
Both Taliban and Islamic State group are active in parts of Nangarhar province with Jalalabad as its capital, 120 km east of Kabul, and both the militant outfits occasionally organize suicide and roadside bombings in the province.
