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Explosion in Taliban leader’s house leaves 4 dead, wounded in Laghman
[KhaamaPress] An kaboom destroyed the residence of a local Taliban...the Pashtun equivalent of men... leader in eastern Laghman  ...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a reputionagreat wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin. He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.province of Afghanistan leaving at least four people dead or maimed. The provincial government media office in a statement said the incident took place early on Monday in the Badpakh district. The statement further added that a number of Lions of Islam were busy preparing Improvised Explosive Devices when the incident took place. The deputy shadow district chief of the group Abduul Samad was killed along with a IED maker Pacha Khan in the kaboom, the provincial government said. According to the statement, at least two others including the son of Abdul Samad were maimed in the kaboom. The anti-government armed Death Eater groups including the Taliban Lions of Islam have not commented regarding the report so far. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-12-13 |
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