[Quqnoos] Six suicide bombers entered the city of Gardiz in eastern Afghanistan that two of them exploded themselves killing three security forces, officials say Sayed Ansari, spokesman of national securty said that the attacks happened at 11:00 am on Tuesday, killed three security forces and wounded ten others. Four other suicide bombers were killed by security forces, Sayed Ansari added. The first blast happened at the main gate of the provincial intelligence office building. Later on, another bomber detonated his explosives near the provincial governor office in Paktia. The provincial governor is reportedly unharmed. The wounded locals have been taken to the nearest hospital in the province.
A purported Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. He warned that 15 bombers entered the province to target government institutions.
In a related incident, three suicide bombers entered in Jalalabad, capital of Nangarhar, that one of them was gunned down soon after recognized by security forces and second one exploded himself near the Jalalabad airport that killed one policeman. The third suicide bomber was arrested by security forces after thirty minutes of fighting.
This is the first such incident that suicide bombers target the governmental offices at the same time in the relatively stable province of Nangarhar.