KABUL, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- A suicide attack rocked Khogyani district in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province Monday afternoon, killing a former Jihadi commander Hajji Mohammad Zaman and 14 others, spokesman for provincial administration Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said.
"This afternoon a suicide bomber blew himself up in Khogyani district as a result 15 persons including Hajji Zaman and 14 others were killed and 15 others sustained injuries," Abdulzai told Xinhua.
Majority of the victims are civilians, he further said.
However, he did not give more details.
A former anti-Soviet resistance commander and loyal to dissident warlord Gulbudin Hekmatyar, Hajji Zaman had supported U. S.-led coalition campaign against Taliban and al-Qaida network which led to the collapse of Taliban regime in late 2001.
