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Suicide bomber kills five at wedding party in eastern Afghanistan
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A jacket wallah on foot targeted a wedding party in Afghanistan’s eastern province of 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.. on Friday, killing at least five people and injuring 40, local officials said. Atahullah Khogyani, a front man for Nangarhar province’s governor, said a 13 year old boy set off his explosives inside the house of a pro-government militia commander in Pacheragam district. Khogyani said 40 maimed men and women were rushed to hospital and local residents said 10 people were killed. Pro-government militias often work with overstretched Afghan cops to prevent territories falling into the hands of the Taliban  ...Arabic for students... and ISIS fighters. Last month, Talibs killed at least 26 members of a pro-government militia in northern Afghanistan. No group has grabbed credit for the wedding party attack but Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... hard boyz have carried a string of suicide kabooms and attacks on government offices, schools, and aid groups in recent years in Jalalabad, Nangarhar’s main city. Posted by: Fred 2019-07-13 |
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