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34 Killed In Herat Roadside Bomb Blast, Taliban comment confusingly
[ToloNews] At least 17 others including women and kiddies were maimed in the roadside kaboom blast, health officials said.At least 34 people, including women and kiddies, were killed in a roadside kaboom blast in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... -Kandahar Highway early on Wednesday morning, local officials said. The incident happened in Shawiz area when a bus carrying dozens of passengers was travelling to Farah province from the western province of Herat, an official of Herat hospital, Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammadi, said. At least 17 others, including women and kiddies, were maimed in incident, he said. Security officials have not commented on the incident. Taliban issues contradictory statements regarding deadly IED explosion that killed 34 civilians on Kandahar-Herat highway [KhaamaPress] The Taliban  ...the Pashtun equivalent of men...group issued contradictory statements regarding a deadly roadside kaboom explosion that killed 34 civilians including women and kiddies on Kandahar-Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... highway. Taliban front man, Zabiullah Mujahid issued a statement earlier this evening stating that a civilian bus faced an incident in Aab Khormai area of Farah on Kandahar-Herat Highway which ’martyred 34 civilians and maimed some others’. However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... the group issued another statement two hours later stating that "Convoy travelling from #Herat was engaged with IEDs today in Aab Khorma area of Farah Rod #Farah resulting in 2 APCs destroyed & over 15 button men KIA/WIA. This convoy was trying to reinforce another convoy besieged for past couple of days in the district center." The passenger bus was travelling to Farah province from Herat when it struck an Improvised Explosive Device. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-08-01 |
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