By Xinhua,
Kabul : Twin suicide bombings Monday rocked Khost province in east Afghanistan, leaving six people dead and six injured, a police official said.
“Two people strapped explosive devices on their bodies. One riding a motorbike and the other walking on foot blew themselves up next to the department of electricity directorate in Khost city. Six people were killed on the spot,” said police official Abdul Wali Tofan.
Six civilians were wounded in the blasts, he said.
Tofan said the suicide bombers were going to target government buildings, including governor office and police department. But they could not reach there.
No group or individuals have claimed responsibility for the double bombings.
Early in the morning an explosion close to a military base outside Nangarhar’s provincial capital Jalalabad in east Afghanistan left at least two people dead and 20 others wounded, mostly civilians.
Taliban fighters have vowed to intensify activities this year in Afghanistan.