Suicide Bombs Kill 18 in Afghanistan

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday February 20, 2011

The Washington Post reports:

The bombers blew themselves up as the branch in Jalalabad, in Nangahar province, was crowded with Afghan soldiers collecting their salaries, said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the provincial governor. Several soldiers were among the casualties.

The bombing was the latest in a recent string of high-profile attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan, including bombings of a hotel and grocery store in Kabul and a deadly blast in the eastern city of Khost.

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