Kabul, April 18 (IANS): At least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured on Saturday in a suicide bombing at Jalalabad city in Afghanistan.
The attack took place near the New Kabul Bank branch and the city's municipality office building.
"A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden jacket near a bank," a police official told Xinhua news agency.
Health officials said the toll could escalate since a few of the injured are in critical condition.
Police found and safely defused a roadside bomb near the explosion site, the official added.