Afghan local officials have said that seven people were killed and five wounded in a bomb blast that was planted in a school in Kot district in Nangarhar province.

The Nangarhar’s governor office in a statement said that as a result of an emplaced bomb in a school in Metrano area, two employees were killed and five others of them were wounded.

The statement added that the wounded were transferred to the hospital; two of them to Kot district’s hospital and three others of them to Jalalabad city’s hospital.
Nangarhar is among the insecure provinces of the country which the Islamic State group has widespread activities in the province.