At least one person was killed and three people were wounded in an explosion in Jalalabad City in Nangarhar province on Saturday evening.

Nangarhar governor spokesman Ataullah Khogyani confirmed the explosion and said one person was killed and three others wounded.

The explosion occurred at a market in PD1 of Jalalabad City.

Eyewitnesses said the explosion appeared to have happened inside a doctor’s office.

Three people were wounded in the explosion, eyewitnesses confirmed.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. </s> A series of bombings struck restaurants and public squares on Monday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, wounding at least 66 people, officials said, as the country marked the 100th anniversary of its independence.

No group has claimed responsibility for the blasts 10 bombs but both Islamic State (IS) and the Taliban militants operate in the area

IS claimed responsibility for a weekend bomb attack on a wedding reception in the capital, Kabul, that killed 63 people and wounded nearly 200.

The Jalalabad bombs were planted near a market where hundreds of people had congregated after attending Independence Day events. Senior health official Fahim Bashari said at least 66 people were wounded, including 20 children enjoying the public holiday.

Ghulam Mohammad, a shopkeeper selling plants, said his two sons and a nephew were among the injured in a blast at the market square.

Independence day ceremonies were disrupted in Mehtralam, the capital of the eastern province of Laghman, when militants hit a celebration venue with five rockets. “The formal ceremony had ended,” said Assadullah Dawlatzai, a spokesman for the governor. </s> KABUL — The number of people wounded in multiple bomb blasts in the Afghan city of Jalalabad has risen to 123, officials said on Tuesday, a day after 14 bombs exploded in public squares, markets and outside restaurants in the eastern city.

No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attacks but both Islamic State (IS) and the Taliban militants operate in the area, which borders Pakistan.

Gulzada Sangar, a government health official in Jalalabad, said no deaths were reported in the blasts, which struck as the country marked the 100th anniversary of its independence.

An IS suicide attack on a crowded Kabul wedding hall killed 63 people on Saturday.
An explosion at a market in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, kills one person and injures three others.