JALALABAD, Afghanistan, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Some 11 persons were killed and 23 others wounded in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar on Tuesday, the provincial government said in a statement.
One militant detonated a car bomb near the house of Malik Dehqan, a pro-government leader, in Nazyan district at around 5:30 p.m. local time. The blast killed 11 persons, including two children and the bomber, the statement said.
Dehqan, who also leads a local militiamen group or the uprising group, was among the injured, the statement noted.
The injured also included two brothers of Dehqan and three children in addition to several uprising group members, shop owners and passersby.
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