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Deadly explosion plot to target Friday prayers thwarted in Nangarhar
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A deadly kaboom plot by the anti-government armed turbans to target the Friday prayers was thwarted by the Afghan cops.

According to a statement by the provincial government media office, the turbans were looking to target the mosque in Khewa district using a gas cylinder packed with explosives.

The statement further added that the explosives were defused by the Afghan cops before the turbans manage to target the worshippers.

The anti-government armed hard boy groups including the Taliban forces of Evil have not commented regarding the report so far.

This comes as at least 12 non-combatants were killed or maimed in an kaboom in Khewa district last week.

Nangarhar
The 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..
is among the relatively volatile provinces in eastern Afghanistan where anti-government armed hard boy groups are actively operating and frequently carry out insurgency activities.

Insurgents belonging to the Taliban group and other hard boy groups including the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria are active in certain districts of the province.
Posted by: Fred 2016-04-10
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