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Gunmen have attacked a prison compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad and a battle with security forces is under way, according to officials, with reports of several casualties. Sohrab Qaderi, a provincial council member in Jalalabad, said the attackers detonated a car laden with explosives outside the government-run facility, with two smaller blasts following the initial position.

American soldiers kill a kamikaze in the east of Afghanistan JALALABAD (Afghanistan) - American soldiers cut down Wednesday the driver of a booby-trapped car which tried to slip into their convoy in the east of Afghanistan, one learned near the Afghan and American authorities. The American army, questioned in Kabul, indicated that the bomb did not make casualties and caused only minor property damages. "the American forces cut down the driver of a jeep which tried to slip into their convoy. After the American troops opened fire, the car exploded "and the driver was killed, declared with AFP Abdul...