Terrorists Storm Save the Children Aid Group Office in Afghanistan

Terrorists Storm Save the Children Aid Group Office in Afghanistan
People run away from a site of a blast near the office of the Save the Children aid agency in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, in this still image taken from Reuters TV footage, Jan. 24, 2018. Reuters/ReutersTV
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JALALABAD, Afghanistan–Terrorists stormed an office of the Save the Children aid agency in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and battled security forces who surrounded the building, wounding at least 11 people, officials said.

The attack began with a suicide car bomb outside the office, followed by gunmen entering the compound and battling Afghan special forces, a spokesman for the government in the eastern province said.