10 killed, 12 injured in Afghanistan airport suicide car bomb
Posted on February 27, 2012, Monday
JALALABAD, Afghanistan: At least 10 people were killed and a dozen others injured Monday morning when a suicide car bomb went off near the gate of an airport in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, Xinhua news agency reported police as saying.
“A suicide bomber blew his explosive-laden vehicle near the gate of Jalalabad city airport this morning as a result 10 people, including the suicide bomber, were killed and 12 others were injured,” provincial police chief, Abdullah Stanekzai, told Xinhua.
He said that five civilians, two army soldiers and two local security guards were among those killed while two American and six Afghan soldiers were among the injured, said the police chief.
Several cars were also damaged in the blast that occurred at around 07:00 a.m. local time Monday.
Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. — BERNAMA
