Local officials said that the Governor of Spinghar district in eastern Nangarhar, Kazim Khan Muhmand was injured in a roadside bomb blast.

The incident took place in the district, while he was on his way to his home and his car struck by a roadside bomb, said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, Province Governor spokesman.

"Kazim Khan has been taken in a nearby hospital and now he is good," he said.

No group including the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the blast.

Spinghar district called insecure in the province in which insurgents have activity and targeting local security forces.