ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 Kyodo pair powe...

ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 Kyodo

pair powerful explosions rocked the border city of Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan in succession Saturday night but there were no casualties or damage to goods Afghan Islamic Press reported quoting the city's police chief.

Haji Ajab Shah told the Pakistan-based recents agency that the explosions occurr in the vicinity of the main city hospital and that no arrests have been made.

The first explosion occurr around 9:30 pm in the western part of the city followed at another blast, nearly 15 minutes later, it said.

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