Gunmen kill seven workers, bomb kills doctor: Afghan official
At least seven Afghan civilians were shot and killed by a group of gunmen overnight in the country s east.
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KABUL: At least seven Afghan civilians were shot and killed by a group of gunmen overnight in the country s east and a physician died when a bomb attached to her rickshaw exploded on Thursday, provincial officials said.
The Islamic State group in a statement claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying its fighters had detonated a so-called sticky bomb placed on the vehicle of a woman. The statement claimed she worked for the Afghan intelligence service in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province.