At least four policemen have been killed and three children injured in a suicide bombing near the Pakistan consulate in Jalalabad's capital city of Nangarhar in Afghanistan as the gun battle continues, security sources said.
According to TOLONews, a loud explosion was heard initially in Nangarhar.
There have been several bomb blasts in Afghanistan in the past weeks.
Earlier, heavy fighting was reported on Monday after militants attempted to storm the Indian diplomatic mission in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif.