Afghanistan suicide bomb in Jalalabad leaves many dead

The blast happened outside a bank where government staff and military personnel were collecting their salaries, the region's police chief said.No group has said it carried out the attack, and a spokesman for the Taliban said it was not involved.The BBC's Shahzheb Jillani in Kabul says it is the largest attack in Jalalabad in many months.Children are said to be among the victims.Afghanistan's President, Ashraf Ghani, called it a "cowardly and heinous terrorist act"

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32363749