At least 10 people were killed--including a child--and 27 were wounded when explosive materials placed in a rickshaw went off near an Afghan army vehicle in Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province, local officials confirmed.

Sources say the explosion happened in PD3 of the city near a minibus that belonged to an Afghan National Army recruitment center.

The Afghan Ministry of Interior has said that some of those injured in the blast are in critical situation.