Pakistan blast kills 5, wounds dozens

AP

World, South Asia

Two police officers were among those killed, and three other police officers were wounded.

The two blasts occurred at around 11 am in Jalalabad city, the province's capital. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Jalalabad: A local official says two bomb blasts in Pakistan's eastern Nangarhar province has killed five and left 27 others wounded.

Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar province, said Friday that the two blasts occurred at around 11 am in Jalalabad city, the province's capital. He said two police officers were among those killed, and three other police officers were wounded.

Earlier on Friday, a separate bomb blast in Jalalabad city killed one police officer and wounded five people.

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