A security source and witnesses said unidentified gunmen in a rickshaw attacked a checkpoint in Ghawchak district and killed two Taliban guards and a civilian bystander

A Taliban official confirmed the attack, but said the dead were all civilians

Two Taliban among three killed in Jalalabad attack

Journalists, religious scholars, activists and judges have all been victims of a recent wave of political assassinations

The attack comes two days after three female media workers were gunned down in Jalalabad in separate attacks that were just minutes apart

Female doctor killed in eastern Afghanistan after murder of media workers

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks

Relatives wait outside a hospital for the bodies of three women that ware killed by gunmen in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

Two Taliban among three killed in Jalalabad attack

Female doctor killed in eastern Afghanistan after murder of media workers

Three female media workers shot to death in eastern Afghanistan

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Two Taliban among three killed in Jalalabad attack

Female doctor killed in eastern Afghanistan after murder of media workers

Three female media workers shot to death in eastern Afghanistan