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Suicide bomber shot dead in Nangarhar province
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A jacket wallah was rubbed out by the security forces before he manage to carry out an attack on the provincial officials.According to the local security officials, the incident took place early on Sunday in Ghani Khel district of 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.. The officials further added that the suicide bomber was looking to detonate his explosives among the government officials during the first day of Eid but was recognized and rubbed out by the security forces. The provincial police commandment in a statement also confirmed that the suicide bomber was rubbed out before carrying an attack around 9 am in the vicinity of Ghani Khel district. The statement further added that only the suicide bomber was killed in the incident and no one else was hurt. The anti-government armed bully boy groups have not commented regarding the report so far. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-27 |
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