Insurgents launch 4 attacks in eastern Afghanistan
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Explosive materials are seen in the back of a vehicle used by an insurgent at the site where he was shot to death in Kabul on Sunday, Feb 24, 2013. A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker in the capital city of Kabul. -- PHOTO: AP
KABUL (AP) - A series of early morning attacks hit eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, with three separate suicide bombings in outlying provinces and a shootout between security forces and a would-be attacker in the capital city of Kabul.
The deadliest attack was a suicide car bombing at a state intelligence site just after sunrise in the eastern city of Jalalabad.
In that attack, a car approached the gate of a compound used by the National Directorate of Security and exploded, killing two guards and wounding three others, said regional government spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai. The building was damaged in the attack, he added.
Taleban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the bombing.
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