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Kabul. A suicide bomber blew up his explosive charge Sunday against a convoy of Sikhs and Hindus who were heading to a meeting with the president of Afghanistan in the city of Jalalabad, killing at least 19 people
. Of the 19 victims, 19 are members of the Sikh and Hindu community, who are a minority in the country, said hospital spokesman Nangarhar Province Inamullah Miakhail
. The same community was treated in a hospital in Jalalabad, the spokesman added.
Narendr Singh, one of the wounded in the attack, told the Associated Press by phone from his hospital bed in Jalalabad that the attack He was directed against his convoy. She started crying and said that she was worried about what happened to her father, Avtar Singh Khalsa, who was also in the group.
Miakhail confirmed that Khalsa, head of the Sikh community and who had planned to run for parliamentary elections He died at the attack in the month of October.
Several car bomb attacks were carried out as a result of the attack, said provincial governor spokesman Attahullah Khogyani
. He attacked the group when he was en route to the governor's compound. He planned to meet President Ashraf Ghani.
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