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World in brief: 27/12/17

AFGHANISTAN: At least six people were killed and 13 wounded yesterday when a suicide bomber on a motorbike struck a football stadium in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

Nangarhar provincial governor’s spokesman Attahullah Khogyani said that the bombing had taken place shortly after a pro-government rally ended at the stadium.

Two intelligence service members were killed and 10 others wounded on Saturday in multiple Isis bomb attacks in Jalalabad.

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