One killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan

JALALABAD: A passerby was killed and a policeman injured on Saturday by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, changing their earlier statement that it was a suicide attack.   

The explosion caused by a remote control bomb targeted a police vehicle in the eastern city of Jalalabad, local police spokesman Ghafoor Khan said. He had earlier said a suicide bomber blew himself up near a police van.   

"The person whose body was torn into pieces appears to be a student," Khan said adding that police found books lying around the mutilated body.   

The latest attack comes two days after a deadly suicide car bomb in southern Uruzgan which killed 10 people and wounded dozens.   

A purported spokesman for ousted Taliban militia, Mohammad Anif, has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was a remote control bomb.