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Pakistan Military Fires Off Another Volley of Rockets in Nangarhar
[Tolo News] Local officials from eastern NangarharThe unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province on Saturday said that the Pak military has repeatedly fired missiles into the province over the past three days. Zabihullah Zemarai, a member of the Provincial Council of Nangarhar, told TOLOnews that "until yesterday [Friday] about 13 rockets were fired into Nazyan district of the province," he said. A number of homes were destroyed in the attack but no casualties were reported, said officials. "In the past three days rockets have been fired into Afghanistan and civilian property has been damaged from the attacks," Nasir Kamawal, deputy head of provincial council of Nangarhar said. "We want the government to take the matter seriously," Kamawal said. Officials from the Provincial Council and residents of Nangarhar have warned Pak forces that "if they not stop their attacks, they will face the same response." A tribal elder, Aminullah Amarkhel said that "about 13 homes have been destroyed and the people are moving to other parts of Nazyan province." This comes after officials from the Ministry of Defense said recently that a delegation had visited Pak officials and discussed the matter. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... the officials did not provide details about the meeting. Pakistain first launched cross-border attacks on Afghan soil -- in the eastern provinces - in 2010. Pak officials have however long denied the attacks, or claimed they were in response to attacks by forces of Evil originating in Afghanistan. Posted by: Fred 2015-08-02 |
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