An official from the provincial government of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province said that, a hotel fire in Jalalabad city, had destroyed properties and products worth more than one million USD.

At least one person was killed when an explosion went off in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city, capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Thursday.

Gunmen attacked an education department office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and held out against security forces for some four hours before the assault ended with at least 10 people killed, officials said.

An explosion rocked Jalalabad city the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province earlier this afternoon, leaving at least three dead.