According to Sohrab Qaderi, a member of the provincial council, three blasts took place at a football stadium during a cricket match at the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
The TOLO Broadcaster reported, that among the killed in the incident were the organizer of the cricket tournament and the deputy mayor of the city of Mihtarlam, 46 kilometers (28 miles) to the north-west of Jalalabad, adding that the Taliban movement denied its involvement in the attack.
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Afghanistan is in a state of political and social turmoil, with government forces fighting the continuing Taliban insurgency, while terrorist organizations, such as Daesh*, have also expanded their activities both in Afghanistan and neighboring states.
*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) and Taliban are a terrorist groups banned in Russia
