Afghan security force members inspect the site of an attack in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2019. At least three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 19 others wounded in twin blasts in eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, a local official said. (Xinhua/Saifurahman Safi)
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, April 6 (Xinhua) -- At least three civilians, including a woman, were killed and 19 others wounded in twin blasts in eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, a local official said.
The blasts occurred roughly at 10 a.m. local time in the Police District 4 of the city, where two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) went off resulting in the death of three civilians, including a 22-year-old woman and injury of 19 others, Ataullah Khogyani, provincial government spokesman, told Xinhua.
Among those injured were two children and four women but the injured were shifted to a government-run regional hospital, the spokesman said, adding two of the injured were in critical condition.
Jalalabad city, which is provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province, has been hit by scores of bomb blasts since early last year.
A total of five civilians were wounded on Thursday, when a public bus was struck by an IED in the city.
No group has claimed responsibility for the blasts yet.
The Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of armed conflicts as more than 3,800 civilians were killed and over 7,180 others injured in conflict-related incidents in 2018 in the war-torn country, according to figures of the United Nations mission in the country.
