A judge was killed after a bomb attached to his vehicle exploded in Afghanistan's eastern Jalalabad city on Tuesday, officials said.

The judge, identified as Sher Rahman, was working at the anti-corruption primary court.

His vehicle was bombed in Shisham Bagh area of Jalalabad city around 9:00 a.m.

The bombing also injured two brothers of the judge and a pedestrian.

The judge succumbed to injuries at the hospital in the city.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing.

It comes a day after Taliban killed an Afghan district governor in southwest Nimroz province.