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Suicide attack leaves 4 civilians wounded in Nangarhar province
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least four civilians were maimed in a suicide kaboom in 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 of Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon, local officials said. The incident took place in the vicinity of Behsud district around 3:00 pm local time after a jacket wallah targeted the Afghan special forces. Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani confirmed that the incident took place in Akhundzada area and at least four civilians were maimed in the attack. No group including the Talibs has so far grabbed credit behind the incident. This comes as an kaboom targeted the US forces in Chaparhar district earlier this afternoon leaving at least two US soldiers maimed. The US Forces in Afghanistan (USFOR-A) confirmed the incident and said two US service members were maimed in the attack. The Talibs group grabbed credit behind the attack on US forces but there are no words from any hard boy group regarding the second attack. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-09 |
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