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Afghan official: Taliban attack kills 5, including child
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An Afghan official says a suicide kaboom has targeted a convoy carrying officials from the country’s intelligence service, killing five people, including a child, in eastern 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..
 province. The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
 claimed the attack.

Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s front man, says three security personnel were among those killed on Friday. He says 17 people were maimed, including six security personnel.

The attack was the latest in near-daily bombings staged by the Taliban, who hold sway over nearly half the country. Nangarhar has become increasingly violent in recent years as both the Taliban and an 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 affiliate are active there.


Posted by: Fred 2019-10-26
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=553671