By Mohammad Ehsan Popalzai
CNN
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — At least 25 people were killed and 10 others injured in a suicide attack near a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.
A suicide car bomb went off near a coalition forces base in the city of Khost on Sunday evening, according to Faizullah Ghairat, police chief of Khost Province.
A U.S. military official told CNN: “We are aware of an explosion in Khost Province, and are gathering further information.”
It wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible for the attack.
CNN’s Barbara Starr and Dana Ford contributed to this report.
