A Sikh politician, who was planning to contest in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, was among the 19 people killed in a suicide blast in Nangarhar province’s Jalalabad city on Sunday, news agency ANI reported. The deceased, Avtar Singh Khalsa, had planned to contest the single seat reserved for the Hindu and Sikh communities in Afghanistan. Khalsa was travelling in a convoy when the explosion occurred. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives when the delegation was on its way to the governor’s house in three vehicles, Nangarhar police chief Ghulam Sanaei Stanikzai was quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News as saying. The team was to meet President Ashraf Ghani, who was on a visit to Jalalabad. Khalsa's son, Narendra Singh, survived and was recovering in a local hospital, according to media reports. Khalsa is survived by his wife and four children.
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