FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president says that the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 33 people.
Officials say the attack in Jalalabad on Saturday also wounded 105 people.
Speaking in Faizabad, President Ashraf Ghani said: "In the horrific incident in Nangarhar (province), who took responsibility? The Taliban didn't claim responsibility. Daesh claimed responsibility for it."
Daesh is an Arabic acronym for the Islamic extremist group.