22 killed in Afghanistan suicide bombing

Kabul, April 18 At least 22 people were killed and over 50 injured on Saturday in a suicide bombing at Jalalabad city in Afghanistan.

"A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden jacket near a local bank," a police official told Xinhua news agency.

The attack took place near the New Kabul Bank branch and the city's municipality office building.

Police found and safely defused a roadside bomb near the first explosion site, the official added.

The capital city fell to Libya Dawn last August. The armed Islamist coalition established its own government to confront the internationally recognized one, currently in exile in the eastern town of Tobruk.

Pro-government forces have been trying to regain control of the capital from Libya Dawn militias since March.

Although the United Nations brokered several rounds of peace talks between the opposing parties last September, clashes continue despite the truce agreed upon by factions.