Local Nangarhar provincial officials confirmed that a bomb blew up Jalalabad city Mayor Lal Agha Kakar's car on Sunday. The Mayor was not in his car when the explosion occured and was not hurt, however, his driver who was in the car was seriously injured.
The incident took place in the Pashtunistan area of Jalalabad.
"Preliminary investigations revealed that a magnetic bomb was placed in the car," said Mohammad Masoum Hashim, provincial security head.
Mr. Hashim added that the police have started investigating the attack and would hopefully track down the culprits soon.
Ahmadzai Abdulzai, spokesman of the Provincial Governor, spoke about the attack and said that the motive behind it was not known yet. Although no group has yet claimed responsibility, the Taliban is known to target government and security officials with the use of magnetic carb bombs.