At least two bodyguards belonging to MP Zahir Qadir have been killed in an attack on the MP's house in Jalalabad Wednesday morning.
According to the provincial governor's spokesman, Attaullah Khoghyani, the bodyguards were first shot and then a suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside Qadir's house.
A second suicide bomber was gunned down by Qadir's bodyguards, Khoghyani said.
He said the situation is now under control but the area has been cordoned off.
The attack started at about 10.30am, eyewitnesses said.