At least eight people were killed in a series of bomb explosions at a cricket match in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar Province, a provincial official said.
The attack took place as hundreds of people gathered at Spinghar cricket stadium in the provincial capital Jalalabad to watch a Ramadan night-time cricket tournament on Friday.
Three bombs exploded in quick succession.
Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said at least 45 others were wounded in the blasts, adding that the organiser of the cricket match, Hedayatullah Zahir was also among the dead.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned the attack. Source
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