22 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing

At least 22 people were killed and over 50 injured on Saturday in a suicide bombing at Jalalabad city in Afghanistan.

"A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden jacket near a local bank," a police official told Xinhua news agency.

The attack took place near the New Kabul Bank branch and the city's municipality office building.

Police found and safely defused a roadside bomb near the first explosion site, the official added.