A suicide car bomber struck an army base in Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least 26 security personnel, officials said, in one of the bloodiest attacks targeting Afghan forces in recent months. The attack occurred in the eastern province of Ghazni, which has seen regular fighting between the Taliban and government forces.

News Alert: Suicide car bomb kills 26 Afghan security personnel: AFP officials

Multiple blasts rattled eastern Afghanistan’s Jalalabad early Wednesday with casualties feared, an Afghan official said, as militants appeared to target a private company near the city’s airport.

Afghanistan: Multiple blasts hit Jalalabad, casualties feared

At least 16 people were killed in a suicide attack early Wednesday on a construction company in eastern Afghanistan, an official said, the latest bloody assault in the war-torn country.

At least 16 killed in attack in eastern Afghanistan: Provincial spokesman