JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) - A suicide attack killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another on Monday in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

"Around 7:15am, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-packed motorbike targeting a minibus belong to Turkish engineers in Behsud district of Nangarhar province," Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, Nangarhar provincial governor spokesman, told AFP.

A Turkish official speaking on condition of anonymity confirmed the death toll and nationality of the victims.