A botched attack on an Indian consulate in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad has nine civilians dead in addition to the three suicide bombers, security officials say.
NPR's Sean Carberry reports from Kabul that the Taliban has disclaimed responsibility for the bombing in which two-dozen people were also wounded.
Sean says the explosion occurred outside the consulate but that most of the victims were at a neighboring mosque. Two other attackers died in a gun battle with security forces.
The BBC says the three bombers drove up in a car before detonating their explosives. It was unclear if the other two assailants were in the same car:
"Deputy police chief of Nangarhar province Masum Khan Hashimi said the blast, close to a mosque, had been a failed attempt to attack the Indian consulate.
He said two of the attackers wearing vests laden with explosives got out of the car and
The remaining occupant of the car then blew it up, he told Reuters news agency."