Six killed in car bomb blast in east Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 31: A car bomb today killed six people and wounded 16 others outside a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, but the apparent target, a provincial governor, was unhurt.

The blast took place in the city of Jalalabad where thousands of people, including the governor of Ningarhar, Gul Afgha Sherzai, were gathered in front of the mosque. Sherzai escaped unhurt.

''I was the target and it was the work of Afghanistan's enemies,'' he told Reuters, referring to a term usually used by Afghan officials for describing Taliban insurgents and their al Qaeda allies.

Reuters