The spokesman for the Governor of
Nangarhar, Attaullah Khogyani, said that the meeting of elders had been
called to settle a dispute when the bomber struck.
"Elders
from Pachiragam district had gathered in Jalalabad city at a house to
resolve
their internal disputes and make a front against Daesh, but a
suicide bomber disrupted the meeting, killed and wounded several people
including elders," he said, referring to Islamic State.
According
to Malek Ghyas, an elder who was wounded in the attack, the bomber
first opened fire and then detonated his explosives, causing many
casualties.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Councils
of tribal elders are a fundamental means of managing affairs in many
parts of Afghanistan where government control is weak, but they have
been targeted by Islamic State as it seeks to establish its own
authority in eastern Afghanistan.
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