At least 33 people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad and more than 100 have been left injured, said the city's police chief.
According to Dawn News, Police are investigating whether there was another explosion after people rushed to the scene.
The police chief Fazel Ahmad Sherzad said that it was a suicide blast but it is yet to be confirmed whether the attacker worn the explosives or placed them in a car.
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack saying that these are the most cowardly acts of terror.
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