Casualties feared after blast rocks Afghan eastern Jalalabad city

A powerful BLAST rocked Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province in Afghanistan after a group of militants took position in a building next to Jalalabad airport and begun firing on Wednesday, a local official said.

(Top image: file photo of Afghan security personnel stand guard following a suicide attack in Jalalabad on June 12, 2014./VCG Photo)